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Gay & Lesbian Theology, Queer Theology
The Transformation of Christian Response to Homoerotic Love. An assessment of how the traditional Christian hostility is being transformed
The GOP/ Evangelical Quiet Revolution on Gay Rights
Inclusion in Church:
(Welcome. Come in, and Come Out).
The opening statement with which I launched “Queering the church”
(“Hate Has No Place In The House of God”): Desmond Tutu A stirring declaration by Nobel Laureate Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, on why there is no place in the Christian Church for discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender, any more than there is for discrimination on the grounds of race.
Queer Catholics Are Equally Blessed: Press Release
Texas Baptist Church Takes a Stand FOR Gay Members.
“Speaking the Truth” on Catholic LGBT Inclusion
Queer Inclusion in Church: Evangelicals Ask, “What Would Jesus Do?”
The End Is Not In Sight – But the Journey Has Begu
Give Thanks For This Kairos Moment of LGBT Inclusion
Advent: Prepare Ye A Way For Inclusion
A Prophet-Priest Asks, “Where is the Truth”?
The challenge presented by Fr Owen O’Sullivan, who later went on to present an important extended essay on GLBT inclusion in the Catholic Church, which I discuss in this series of posts:
Fr Owen O’Sullivan on Gay Inclusion (Pt 2): Why Can’t They Just Keep Quiet About It?
Fr Owen O’Sullivan on Gay Inclusion (Pt 3): Is It Wrong to Act Gay?
Fr Owen O’Sullivan on Gay Inclusion (Pt 4): “Homosexuality is fundamentally disordered”
Fr Owen O’Sullivan on Gay Inclusion (Pt 5): The Trouble With “Do Your Best”
Fr Owen O’Sullivan on Gay Inclusion (Pt 7): We will be judged on how we have loved
Fr Owen O’Sullivan on Gay Inclusion (Pt 8): Still to follow
Christology:
Instead of bothering about the disordered teaching of the Vatican, pay more attention to the Gospels themselves. In John McNeill’s words, “Take a Chance on God”! See:
This Christmas, Let Us Put Christ Back Into Christianity
Put Christ Back Into Christianity (2): His Exclusion From Church Teaching on Sexuality.
Put Christ Back Into Christianity – Take a Chance on God!
Put Christ Back Into Christianity: The Body of Christ
Put Christ Back Into Christianity: Robert Goss’ Queer Theology – Renewing Christianity
Also Rev Patrick Chen‘s series on a queer Christology at Jesus on Love Blog:
Patrick Chen, on the “Erotic Christ”.
Coming out as Grace: Patrick Chen, on the “Out Christ”
Patrick Chen, on Christ the Liberator
Patrick Chen on Christ the “Transgressor”.
Coming Out
Coming Out as a Religious Obligation: Micah and Justice
Sexual Ethics
“The Sexual Person”: Bishops, Theologians Clash on Sexual Ethics
Catholic Sexual Ethics, Social Ethics, and Reality-Based Theology
Building Sexual Theology From the Ground Up