Resources for Queer Christians

Being Queer and Christian is not a contradiction.

Resources for Reconciling Your Faith and Queer Identity

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Books on Transgender Theology

  • “Beyond a Binary God: A Theology for Trans* Allies” by Tara K. Soughers

  • "Transforming: The Bible and the Lives of Transgendered Christians" by Austen Hartke

  • “Transfaith: A Transgender Pastoral Resource” by Chris Dowd, Christina Beardsley and Justin Tanis

  • “This Is My Body: Hearing the theology of transgender Christians” by Christina Beardsley and Michelle O'Brien

  • ““No One Taught Me How To Be A Man: What a trans man’s experience reveals about masculinity” by Shannon T.L. Kearns 

  • “He/She/They: How We Talk About Gender and Why It Matters” by Schuyler Bailar

Books on Queer Interpretation

  • "Bible Trouble: Queer Reading at the Boundaries of Biblical Scholarship" by Teresa Hornsby

  • "Bodies on the Verge: Queering Pauline Epistles" by Joseph Marchal

  • "The Man Jesus Loved: Homoerotic Narratives from the New Testament" by Theodore W. Jennings, Jr.

  • “God's Beauty Parlor: And Other Queer Spaces in and Around the Bible” by Stephen Moore 

  • "Queer Commentary and the Hebrew Bible" by Ken Stone

  • "Take Back the Word: A Queer Reading of the Bible" edited by Mona West and Robert Goss

  • "The Queer Bible Commentary" edited by Robert Goss and Mona West

  • “Hearts Ablaze: Parables for the Queer Soul” by Rolf Nolasco Jr.

Books on the Bible & LGBT Issues

  • "Ancient Laws and Contemporary Controversies:The Need for Inclusive Biblical Interpretation" by Cheryl B. Anderson

  • "Changing Our Mind" by David Gushee

  • "Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century" by John Boswell

  • "The Widening of God's Mercy: Sexuality Within the Biblical Story" by Christopher Hays and Richard Hays

  • "Sex and the Single Savior: Gender and Sexuality in Biblical Interpretation" by Dale Martin

  • "Sex, Then and Now" by William Loader

  • "Wrestling with God and Men: Homosexuality in the Jewish Tradition" by Steve Greenberg

  • "God vs. Gay: The Religious Case for Equality" by Jay Michaelson

  • "The Gospel of Inclusion: A Christian Case for LGBTQ+ Inclusion in the Church" by Brandan Robertson

  • “Queer Prophets: The Bible's Surprise Ending to the Story of Sexuality and Gender” by Greg Paul 

Books on Queer Theology

  • "Radical Love: Introduction to Queer Theology" by Patrick Cheng

  • "From Sin to Amazing Grace: Discovering the Queer Christ" by Patrick Cheng

  • “Queer Theologies: The Basics” by Chris Greenough

  • "The Queer God" by Marcela Althaus-Reid

  • "Queer Theology" by Linn Marie Tonstdad

  • “Body Becoming: Our Path To Liberation” by Roberto Che Espinoza 

  • “Beyond a Binary God: A Theology for Trans* Allies” by Tara K. Soughers

  • "Our Lives Matter: A Womanist Queer Theology" by Pamela R. Lightsey

  • “Sexuality and the Black Church: A Womanist Perspective” by Kelly Brown Douglas 

  • “Queer Christianities: Lived Religion in Transgressive Forms” edited by Kathleen T. Talvacchia, Mark Larrimore, and Michael F. Pettinger

Books on Sexual Ethics

  • Lilly Among Thorns: Reclaiming Christian Sexual Ethics” by Miguel De La Torre 

  • “Just Love: A Framework for Christian Sexual Ethics” by Margret Farley 

  • “Shameless: A Sexual Revolution” by Nadia Bolz-Weber 

  • “Good Christian Sex: Why Chastity Isn't the Only Option-And Other Things the Bible Says About Sex” by Bromleigh McCleneghan 

  •  “Making Love Just: Sexual Ethics for Perplexing Times” by Marvin Ellison

  • “The Invention of Sodomy in Christian Theology” by Mark Jordan

Books on Queer Spirituality

  • "Called Out: 100 Devotions for LGBTQ Christians" by E. Carrington Heath

  • "Colors of Hope: A Devotional Journal from LGBTQ+ Christians" edited by Melissa Guthrie

  • “Outside the Lines: How Embracing Queerness Will Transform Your Faith” by Mihee Kim-Kort

  • "Our Strangely Warmed Hearts: Coming Out into God's Call" by Karen Oliveto

  • "Queer Redemption: How queerness changes everything we thought we knew about Christianity" by Charlie Bell

  • "Queer Virtue: What LGBTQ People Know About Life and Love and How It Can Revitalize Christianity" by Elizabeth Edman

  • "Queers The Word: A 40 Day Devotional for LGBTQ+ Christians" by Brian G. Murphy and Shan TL Kearns