Jack Rogers: Jesus, the Bible, and Homosexuality

Explode the Myths, Heal the Church. USA 2009, 228 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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Westminster
In this revised and expanded edition, evangelical theologian and former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church Jack Rogers makes a biblical case for equal rights for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. Throughout history, he observes, Christianity has moved towards ever greater openness and inclusiveness. Today's church is led by many of those who were once excluded: people of ... Weiterlesen

Warren Hoffman: The Passing Game

Queering Jewish American Culture. USA 2009, 207 pp., hardbound, € 22.59
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Tony Kushner's epic play »Angels in America« was remarkable for its sensitive engagement of Jewish American and gay cultures plus bringing these themes to a mainstream audience. While the play represented a watershed in American theater and culture, it belies a century of previous attention to queer Jewish identity in 20th-century American literature, drama, and film. This pioneering book sheds ... Weiterlesen

David Ebershoff: The 19th Wife

USA 2009, 527 pp., brochure, € 14.95
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It's 1875, and Ann Eliza Young has recently separated from her powerful husband, Brigham Young, prophet and leader of the Mormon Church. Expelled and an outcast, Ann Eliza embarks on a crusade to end polygamy in the U.S. A rich account of her family's polygamous history is revealed, including how bith she and her mother became plural wives. Yet soon ... Weiterlesen

Kevin Jennings: Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son

USA 2007, 267 pp., brochure, € 13.99
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Long before Kevin Jennings began advocating to end the anti-LGBT bias in schools, he was a victim of it. In his memoir, Jennings traces the roots of his activism to his school days in the conservative South, where »faggot« became more familiar to him than his own name. The youngest son of a born-again Southern Baptist preacher, and a mother ... Weiterlesen

Alex Sanchez: The God Box

USA 2007, 255 pp., hardback, € 14.59
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High school senior Paul has dated Angie since middle school, and they're good together. They have a lot of the same interests, like singing in their church choir and being active in Bible club. But when Manuel transfers to their school, Paul has to rethink his life. Manuel is the first openly gay teen anyone in their small town has ... Weiterlesen

Urs Mattmann: Coming In

UK 2006, 220 pp., brochure, € 14.95
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The issue of homosexuality has become one of the most contentious within the Christian church today. Urs Mattmann shows that the spiritual and indeed practical aims of gay and lesbian people are no different from those of others on the path of true spirituality throughout the ages; in fact, their particular lifestyles and experiences put them in a better position ... Weiterlesen

David G. Myers, letha D. Scanzoni: What God Has Joined Together

The Christian Case for Gay Marriage. USA 2006, 196 pp., brochure, € 12.95
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The authors take marriage and their christian faith seriously. Bringing together those two commitments to build a christian case for gay marriage, they begin by arguing that marriage is good for society: marriage correlates to longevity, boys raised by married parents are less likely to commit crimes, married moms are less prone to depression than single moms and so forth. ... Weiterlesen

Clayton Sullivan: Rescuing Sex From the Christians

USA 2006, 132 pp., brochure, € 19.39
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Why has the church over that centuries exhibited a hostile attitude toward sex? Sullivan argues that early Christian theologians failed to understand the mythic characted of Adam and Eve. Too often these religious thinkers depicted the soul and body as constantly at war with one another, portraying the body as evil and disgusting. In his typical fiery fashion, Sullivan blames ... Weiterlesen

Joe Babcock: The Tragedy of Miss Geneva Flowers

USA 2005, 342 pp., brochure, € 14.79
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Like many gay sixteen-year-olds, Erick Taylor dreams of being a star. But that's a tall order when you're unpopular, stuck in Catholic school, and your Bible-thumping parents make life a holy terror for a closeted gay kid. All of this changes in a snap, however, when Erick meets Chloe, a »grandiloquist« drag queen. With a glam rock makeover and a ... Weiterlesen

Martin Dennis (R): The Vicar of Dibley - A Very Dibley Christmas

UK 2004, OF, 93 min., € 29.99
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When their vicar passed away in the middle of a service, the inhabitants of the small Oxfordshire village of Dibley expected his replacement to be another old man with a beard, a Bible and bad breath. Merry Christmas - it has been 10 years since Geraldine became the vicar of Dibley, and everyone is determined to celebrate her anniversary. But ... Weiterlesen

Michael Carden: Sodomy

USA 2004, 226 pp., brochure, € 32.99
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»Sodomy« is a study of the reception of Genesis 19, Sodom and Gomorrah, together with the parallel story in Judges 19-21, the outrage of Gibeah, in both Jewish and Christian traditions from the antiquity through the Reformation period. The book sets out to detoxify the dominant homophobic interpretation of Genesis 19, in which Sodom and Gomorrah serve as an archetypal ... Weiterlesen

Ronald E. Long: Men, Homosexuality, and the Gods

USA 2004, 178 pp., brochure, € 15.69
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This book engages the reader in an exploration of masculinity and homoeroticism across many cultures, times, and religions. The author creatively juxtaposes a variety of cultural and religious constructions of masculinity to provide a genealogical study of male »tops« and »bottoms«. Male bottoms are cultural constructs of masculinity. Today's gay bottoms are even revolutionary in redefining masculinity. The author throws ... Weiterlesen

Stephen Bates: A Church at War

UK/USA 2004, 248 pp., cloth, € 23.95
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The Angelican Communion is in turmoil. One of the great historic pillars of Christianity, embraced by 70 million people in 164 countries, faces the real and immediate possibility of collapse, as the prospect of schism looms ever closer. Yet why is gay sexuality the explosive issue that could rip the Angelicans apart, and put an end to a century-old international ... Weiterlesen

Steven Cooper: Saving Valencia

USA 2004, 265 pp., brochure, € 14.95
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Valencia Brandywine, heiress to a hotel empire, is missing. Her brother, Rico, is on a quest to find her. But considering the history of the Brandywine family, this is not an ordinary case of a missing person. Valencia and Rico were kidnapped many times as children. Huge sums of money were drained from the corporation to free them. But Valencia ... Weiterlesen

Dawne Moon: God, Sex & Politics

Homosexuality and Everyday Theologies. USA 2004, 281 pp., brochure, € 30.79
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The author employs ethnographic analysis at two Methodist congregations, one in Chicago and one in the suburbs, to examine debates occuring over the participation and acceptance of homosexuals. She begins with a theoretical introduction to postmodern theories of power and language that should be accessible to most readers. She draws on the ethnographic style of 1980s reflexive anthropology and does ... Weiterlesen

Paul R. Dokecki: The Clergy Sexual Abuse Crisis

USA 2004, 278 pp., brochure, € 33.99
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The story of sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests has sent shock waves around the nation and will not fade from consciousness or the news. One may ask, »How could this happen?« and then, »How could the Catholic Church let this continue for so long - in seeming silence and duplicity?« The author investigates the crisis not only with ... Weiterlesen

Steven Greenberg: Wrestling with God & Men

Homosexuality in the Jewish Tradition. USA 2004, 304 pp., brochure, € 18.79
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Defying more than 3,000 years of Torah tradition and belief, Greenberg, an Orthodox rabbi who publicized his homosexuality in 1999, embarks on a thorough, if questionable, trek to reevaluate the overt biblical prohibition of male-male relations. For millennia, two bibical verses have been understood to condemn sex between men as an act so abominable that it is punishable by death. ... Weiterlesen

Melissa M. Wilcox: Coming Out in Christianity

USA 2003, 221 pp., brochure, € 49.95
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For many Christians, homosexuality is an issue that is often presented as a matter of »us (straight) Christians« versus »them«, or worse, as the question of an isolated behavior, somehow not an intrinsic part of the identities of gays and lesbians. Discussion of the issue has become so heated that it threatens to create a yawning chasm within several mainline ... Weiterlesen