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Though by no means definitive, the following bibliography nevertheless highlights a substantial number of books relevant to Catholics seeking greater understanding of the reality of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) lives, relationships, and issues.
I hope to continually add to this bibliography, so be sure to periodically check back by clicking the appropriate link in the sidebar’s “Catholic and Gay” section.
And finally: the links to Amazon.com and other off-site locations serve primarily to provide descriptions and reviews of the books listed in this bibliography. If you wish to purchase any of these titles I encourage you to do so through your nearest independent bookseller.
Peace,
Michael
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A Catholic Bibliography
on
LGBT Issues
Compiled by Michael J. Bayly
Executive Coordinator, Catholic Pastoral Committee on Sexual Minorities
Last Updated: July 11, 2008
on
LGBT Issues
Compiled by Michael J. Bayly
Executive Coordinator, Catholic Pastoral Committee on Sexual Minorities
Last Updated: July 11, 2008
Alison, James. Faith Beyond Resentment: Fragments Catholic and Gay. New York: Crossroad, 2001.
Alison, James. On Being Liked. Herder and Herder, 2004.
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Bayly, Michael (Ed.). Creating Safe Environments for LGBT Students: A Catholic Schools Perspective. New York: Harrington Park Press, 2007.
Berzon, Betty. Permanent Partners: Building Gay and Lesbian Relationships That Last. Plume, 2004.
Boenke, Mary. Trans Forming Families: Real Stories About Transgendered Loved Ones. Oak Knoll Press, 2003.
Boisvert, Donald L. Sanctity and Male Desire: A Gay Reading of Saints. The Pilgrim Press, 2004.
Boswell, John. Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1980.
Boswell, John. Same-Sex Unions in Pre-Modern Europe. New York: Villard, 1994.
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Brooten, Bernadette J. Love Between Women: Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.
Brown, Mildred L. and Rounsley, Chloe Ann. True Selves: Understanding Transexualism – For Families, Friends, Co-workers and Helping Professionals. Jossey-Bass, 2003.
Buxton, Amity Pierce. The Other Side of the Closet: The Coming-Out Crisis for Straight Spouses and Families. Wiley Books, 1994.
Coleman, Gerald D. Homosexuality: Catholic Teaching and Pastoral Practice. New York: Paulist Press, 1995.
Conover, P. Transgender Good News. Silver Spring, MD, 2002.
Duberman, Martin Bauml, et al. (Eds.). Hidden from History: Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Past. New York: Penguin, 1989.
Duncan, Geoffrey (Ed.). Courage to Love: Liturgies for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community. The Pilgrim Press, 2002.
Empereur, James L. Spiritual Direction and the Gay Person. New York: Continuum Publishing, 1998.
Evans, Amie M. and Healey, Trebor. Queer and Catholic. Haworth Press, 2008.
Farley, Margaret. Just Love: A Framework for Christian Sexual Ethics. Continuum, 2006.
Ferder, Fran and Heagle, John. Tender Fires: The Spiritual Promise of Sexuality. New York: Crossroad, 2002.
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Ferder, Fran and Heagle, John. Your Sexual Self: Pathway to Authentic Intimacy. Notre Dame. Indiana: Ave Maria Press, 1992.
Garden, Nancy. Hear Us Out: Lesbian and Gay Stories of Struggle, Progress, and Hope, 1950 to the Present. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.
Garner, Abigail. Families Like Mine: Children of Gay Parents Tell It Like It Is. Harper Paperback, 2005.
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Gottlib, Andrew. Sons Talk About Their Gay Fathers. Harrington Park Press, 2003.
Gramick, Jeannine and Nugent, Robert. (Eds.). The Vatican and Homosexuality. New York: Crossroad, 1988.
Gramick, Jeannine (Ed.). Homosexuality in the Priesthood and Religious Life. New York: Crossroad, 1989.
Gramick, Jeannine and Nugent, Robert. (Eds.). Voices of Hope: A Collection of Positive Catholic Writings on Gay and Lesbian Issues. New York: Center for Homophobia Education, 1995.
Hanway, Donald G. A Theology of Gay and Lesbian Inclusion: Love Letters to the Church. Haworth Press, 2006.
Harvey, Andrew. The Essential Gay Mystics. HarperSanFrancisco, 2007.
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Helminiak, Daniel. Sex and the Sacred: Gay Identity and Spiritual Growth. New York: Harrington Park Press, 2006. (NOTE: For an interview with Daniel Helminiak, click here).
Helminiak, Daniel. What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality. San Francisco: Alamo Square Press, 1994.
Holtz, Raymond (Ed.). Listen to the Stories: Gay and Lesbian Catholics Talk About Their Lives. New York: Garland Publications, 1991.
Horner, Thomas. Jonathan Loved David: Homosexuality in Biblical Times. Westminster John Knox Press, 1978.
Jennings, Jr., Theodore W. The Man Jesus Loved: Homoerotic Narratives from the New Testament. Cleveland. OH: The Pilgrim Press, 2003.
Johnson, Toby. Gay Perspective: Things Our Homosexuality Tells Us About the Nature of God and the Universe. Los Angeles: Alyson Books, 2003.
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Johnson, Toby. Gay Spirituality: The Role of Gay Identity in the Transformation of Human Consciousness. Los Angeles: Alyson Books, 2000.
Jordan, Mark. The Invention of Sodomy in Christian Theology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997.
Jordan, Mark. The Silence of Sodom: Homosexuality and Modern Catholicism. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000.
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Jung, Patricia Beattie and Smith, Ralph. Heterosexism: An Ethical Challenge. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1993.
Jung, Patricia Beattie and Coray, Joseph Andrew (Eds.). Sexual Diversity and Catholicism: Toward the Development of Moral Theology. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2001.
Kaufman, Philip S. Why You Can Disagree and Remain a Faithful Catholic. (Expanded and Revised Edition.) New York: Crossroad, 1998.
Kennedy, Eugene. The Unhealed Wound: The Church and Human Sexuality. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2001.
Kennedy, Ted. Who Is Worthy? The Role of Conscience in Restoring Hope to the Church. Annandale, NSW, Australia: Pluto Press, 2000. (NOTE: To read an article containing excerpts from this book, click here).
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Kolodny, Debra R. (Ed.). Blessed Bi Spirit: Bisexual People of Faith. New York: Continuum, 2000.
Liuzzi, Peter J. With Listening Hearts: Understanding the Voices of Lesbian and Gay Catholics. New York: Paulist Press, 2001.
Lopata, Casey (Ed.). Seeds of Hope: Compassionate Ministry with Gay and Lesbian Catholics and Their Families: A Practical Resource Manual. Rochester, NY, 2001.
Lopata, Mary Ellen and Lopata, Casey. Fortunate Families: Catholic Families with Lesbian Daughters and Gay Sons. Victoria, Canada: Trafford Publishing, 2003.
Maher Jr., Michael. Being Gay and Lesbian in a Catholic High School: Beyond the Uniform. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, 2001.
McGinley, Dugan. Acts of Faith, Acts of Love: Gay Catholic Autobiographies as Sacred Texts. Continuum, 2006.
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McNaught, Brian. On Being Gay: Thoughts on Family, Faith, and Love. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1988.
McNeill, John. The Church and the Homosexual. Kansas City: Sheed, Andrews, and McMeel, 1976.
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McNeill, John. Taking a Chance on God: Liberating Theology for Gays, Lesbians, and Their Lovers, Families, and Friends. Boston: Beacon Press, 1988.
McNeill, John. Freedom, Glorious Freedom: The Spiritual Journey to Fullness of Life for Gays, Lesbians, and Everyone Else. Boston: Beacon Press, 1995.
Minor, Robert N. Scared Straight: Why It’s So Hard to Accept Gay People and Why It’s So Hard to Be Human. St. Louis, MO: HumanityWorks!, 2001.
Moore, Gareth. A Question of Truth: Christianity and Homosexuality. New York: Continuum, 2003.
Nelson, James B. and Longfellow, Sandra P. (Eds.). Sexuality and the Sacred: Sources for Theological Reflection. Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1994.
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New Ways Ministry. Homosexuality: A Positive Catholic Perspective. Mt. Rainer, Maryland, 2003.
Nissinen, Martti. Homoeroticism in the Biblical World: A Historical Perspective. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 2004.
Nugent, Robert (Ed.). A Challenge to Love: Gay and Lesbian Catholics in the Church. New York: Crossroad, 1983.
Nugent, Robert and Gramick, Jeannine. Building Bridges: Gay and Lesbian Reality and the Catholic Church. Mystic, Connecticut: Twenty-Third Publications, 1992.
Perito, John E. Contemporary Catholic Sexuality: What is Taught and What is Practiced. Crossroads, 2004.
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Preves, Sharon E. Intersex and Identity: The Contested Self. Rutgers University Press, 2003.
Rafkin, Louise. Different Mothers: Sons and Daughters of Lesbians Talk About Their Lives. Cleis Books, 1990.
Ranke-Heinemann, Uta. Eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven: Women, Sexuality, and the Catholic Church. New York: Penguin Books, 1990.
Shinnick, Maurice. This Remarkable Gift: Being Gay and Catholic. Allen and Unwin (Australia), 1998.
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Siegel, Stanley and Lowe, Ed. Uncharted Lives: Understanding the Life Passages of Gay Men. New York: Plume/Penguin, 1995.
Snow, Judith E. How it Feels to Have a Gay or Lesbian Parent: A Book by Kids for Kids of All Ages. Harrington Park Press, 2004.
Stevenson, Thomas. Sons of the Church: The Witnessing of Gay Catholic Men. New York: Harrington Park Press, 2006. (NOTE: For a discussion guide to this book, click here).
Stuart, Elizabeth. Just Good Friends: Towards a Lesbian and Gay Theology of Relationships. New York: Mowbray, 1995.
Sullivan, Thomas Richard (Ed.). Queer Families, Common Agenda. Harrington Park Press, 2000.
Thurston, Thomas. Homosexuality and Roman Catholic Ethics. San Francisco: International Scholars Publications, 1996.
Timmerman, Joan. The Mardi Gras Syndrome: Rethinking Christian Sexuality. New York: Crossroad, 1984.
Timmerman, Joan. Sexuality and Spiritual Growth. New York: Crossroad, 1993. (NOTE: For an excerpt from this book, click here).
Whitehead, Evelyn and James. Wisdom of the Body: Making Sense of Our Sexuality. New York: Crossroads, 2001. (NOTE: For a review of this book by theologian Joan Timmerman, click here).
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Woods, Richard. Another Kind of Love: Homosexuality and Spirituality. Chicago: Thomas More Press, 1977.
Zanotti, Barbara (Ed.). A Faith of One’s Own: Explorations by Catholic Lesbians. Trumansburg, NY: The Crossing Press, 1986.
3 comments:
Excellent compilation. Thank you. It's good to know that I've read most of these...
Whoa. Excellent resource, Michael.
(I could be reading forever!)
A few citations for your bibliography:
The Sexual Person: Toward a Renewed Catholic Anthropology (Moral Traditions) (Paperback) by Todd A. Salzman, Michael G. Lawler
# Paperback: 334 pages
# Publisher: Georgetown University Press (September 15, 2008)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 1589012089
# ISBN-13: 978-1589012080
The link to Amazon.com is http://www.amazon.com/Sexual-Person-Catholic-Anthropology-Traditions/dp/1589012089/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215781468&sr=8-2
I didn't think this book had been published yet. The book is a substantial re-working and extension of ideas published previously in two papers, listed here from newest to oldest:
The Heythrop Journal
ISSN 0018-1196
Volume 47, Number 2, April 2006
NEW NATURAL LAW THEORY AND FOUNDATIONAL SEXUAL ETHICAL PRINCIPLES: A CRITIQUE AND A PROPOSAL
pp. 182-205(24)
Authors: SALZMAN, TODD A.; LAWLER, MICHAEL G.
and
Catholic sexual ethics: complementarity and the truly human.(QUAESTIO DISPUTATA)
From: Theological Studies
Date: September 1, 2006
Author: Lawler, Michael G.; Salzman, Todd A.
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