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10.2 BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

This booklist is not comprehensive, and none of the books listed comes with particular recommendation or endorsement. The list has been compiled from suggestions from within the Working Groups and the Core Group. Beyond this there is a considerable quantity of other relevant material much of which is listed in bibliographies which can be found in some of the following books. The annotations offered here are intended simply to give an idea of the contents. Some of the books are currently out of print, but may be available in libraries.

 

Augustine "On the Good of Marriage", in collections of Augustine's works Classic treatment by an influential Christian theologian

 

Jack Babuscio "We speak for ourselves" SPCK Case histories showing how lesbians and gay men view themselves

 

Karl Barth "Church Dogmatics", vol III/4, para. 54 T&T Clark 1961 Important discussion from a significant theologian of the 20th century

 

Mark Bonington and Bob Fyall "The Bible and Homosexuality" Grove Biblical Booklet no.1 Conservative treatment of biblical texts and perspectives, co-authored by a URC minister

 

T Bradshaw (Ed) "The Way Forward" H&S 1997 A range of Anglican writers respond to the evangelical St Andrew's Day Statement

 

Alan Brash "Facing our Differences" WCC Risk 1995 Senior ecumenical figure reflects on pastoral experiences

 

Robert L Brawley "Biblical Ethics and Homosexuality" Westminster John Knox Press 1996 Study material used in Presbyterian Church (USA) discussions

 

Church of Scotland "The Future of the Family" St. Andrew's Press 1992

 

Peter Coleman "Gay Christians: A Moral Dilemma" SCM 1989 Careful and even-handed treatment by an Anglican bishop

 

Andrew Comisky "Pursuing sexual wholeness" Monarch 1990 Thought-provoking strategy to achieve wholeness

 

R W Cromey "In God's Image" Alamo Square Press 1991 American Episcopalian argues for gay and lesbian equality in the eyes of the church

 

Davies & Rentzel "Coming out of Homosexuality" H&S 1993  American case studies of people struggling with homosexuality

 

Susan Durber (ed) "As Man and Woman Made" URC 1994

Wide range of perspectives on marriage, many from URC members

 

Evangelical Alliance "Faith, Hope and Homosexuality" EA 1998
Concise up-to-date statement of main evangelical contribution

 

Greg Forster "Cohabitation and Marriage - A Pastoral Response" Marshall Pickering 1994

 

"Healing Love's Wounds - A Pastoral Approach to Divorce and Re-marriage" Marshall Pickering 1995
Combination of ethical and pastoral discussions from an evangelical Anglican

 

Germain Grisez "The Way of the Lord Jesus" vol II, ch 9 Franciscan Herald Press 1993 Written by a Roman Catholic moral theologian

 

Kathy Galloway (Ed) "Dreaming of Eden: Reflections on Christianity and Sexuality" Wild Goose, 1997
Collection of essays and poems produced under the auspices of the Iona Community

 

Sally B Gies & Donald E Messer (Eds)
"Caught in the Crossfire - helping Christians debate homosexuality" Abingdon Press 1994
Useful material for discussion from all sides of the debate

 

Dean H Hamer and Simon LeVay
"Evidence for a Biological Influence in Male Homosexuality" Scientific American, vol 270, no. 5, pp 44-49 (May 1994)
Review of recent scientific work on homosexual orientation

 

Martin Hallett "Sexual Identity and Freedom in Discipleship" Grove Pastoral 69, 1997

 

Richard B Hays "The Moral Vision of the New Testament" T&T Clark 1997 New Testament perspectives on ethical issues

 

Richard Holloway "Dancing on the Edge" Fount 1997
Faith in a post-Christian age

 

George Hopper "Reluctant Journey" LGCM 1997
Methodist local preacher describes his pilgrimage from homophobia to Christian love

 

Jeffrey John "Permanent, faithful, stable" DLT 1993
Considers theological, ethical and sacramental status of a gay partnership

 

R T Kendall "Is God for the homosexual?" Marshall Pickering 1984
Scholarly enquiry into ethics and theology

 

Kevin T Kelly "New Directions in Sexual Ethics: Moral Theology and the Challenge of AIDS" Geoffrey Chapman 1998
Critical reappraisal of Roman Catholic and other church teaching on sexual ethics

 

James B Nelson and Sandra P. Longfellow (Eds) "Sexuality and the Sacred" Mowbray 1994
Challenging thinking on sexuality

 

Helen Oppenheimer "Marriage" Mowbray 1990
Thoughful treatment from an Anglican moral theologian

 

Leanne Payne "The Broken Image" Kingsway 1988
Case studies from an American counsellor's perspective

 

Ted Peters "Playing God? Genetic Determinism and Human Freedom" Routledge, 1997
Readable discussion of theological & ethical issues raised by human genetics

 

Paul Ramsey "One Flesh: A Christian View of Sex Within, Outside and Before Marriage" Grove Ethics Booklet no. 8
Written by an American Methodist theologian

 

Michael Ruse "Homosexuality" Blackwell 1988
Major academic study from philosophical perspective

 

Jeffrey Satinover "Homosexuality and the Politics of Truth" Baker 1996
T E Schmidt "Straight and Narrow?" IVP 1995

 

Compassionate ethical study from American evangelical
Jeffrey S Siker (ed) "Homosexuality in the Church: Both Sides of the Debate"
Westminster John Knox Press 1994
Wide-ranging, mostly American, collection of essays

John Shelby Spong "Living in Sin" Harper Collins 1984
A radical view from a well known bishop

 

Elizabeth Stuart "Just Good Friends: Towards a Lesbian and Gay Theology of Relationships" Mowbray 1995

 

Elizabeth Stuart and Adrian Thatcher "People of Passion" Mowbray 1997
What the church teaches about sex

Adrian Thatcher "Liberating Sex: A Christian Sexual Theology" SPCK 1993
Radical perspectives on sex, sexuality and marriage

 

Michael Vasey "Strangers and Friends" H&S 1995
Radical perspective from respected Anglican evangelical

 

United Reformed Church reports include the following:

 

"Towards a Christian Understanding of Human Sexuality" 1984
Material from URC Health and Healing Committee

 

"Homosexuality: a Christian view" 1992
Report of URC working party

 

"Homosexuality and the Gospel" 1993
Report of GEAR (evangelical) working party

 

"Speaking for Ourselves" 1994
Personal contributions by lesbian and gay members of the URC

 

Various other churches have produced reports and papers related to human sexuality. Some of these are referred to in Appendix 1.

 

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