4.30 pm on 2 February 2013 – Special service for Candlemas with glorious music from the Royal School of Church Music Scottish Voices
6 responses to “LGBT Booklist”
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Mario Bergner, “Setting Love in Order”
Sorry, couldn’t resist…
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Exile or Embrace , Mahon Siler. Not so much for LGBT as for those who need to hear stories and have no one to tell them. It’s about how a congregation worked through the process of how (and whether) to welcome gay people.
James Alison’s Faith Beyond Resentment is equally important. I wonder if the chapter on the dynamics of exclusion shouldn’t be required reading for all Christians.
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Thanks for that Kelvin. Post – exam (May 7th) I plan on reading some of them. I can’t help but giggle at the fact that “Know My Name:Gay Liberation Theology” is published by “John Knox Press” however; what would old John have thought of the Polo Lounge ;-)?
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Not only relevant for addressing LGBT issues, Jack Spong’s The Sins of Scripture is also very useful.
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I have recently very much enjoyed Richard Holloway’s Leaving Alexandria. Whilst not a book about gays and the Church it does touch on this issue on several occasions and I found it to be an engrossing read.
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“Gift by Otherness” Wm countryman and MR Ritley is quite good.
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