COLEMAN: Homosexuality

Coleman, Gerald

Homosexuality - Catholic Teaching and Pastoral Practice

From the back cover:

"Father Coleman consistently displays a reverence for the complexity of this issue, but a respect that is "wise", grounded in the Church's authentic wisdom about the meaning of morality, and here specifically about the meaning of sexual morality. On a subject as difficult and at times as controverted as homosexuality, one does not always find the calm and the balance seen in"Homosexuality: Catholic Teaching and Pastoral Practice" ...When readers complete this book, they will fnd an attitude to wards homosexual women and men that is honest, respectful and grounded in fine scholarship and research."

(Cardinal Roger Mahoney, Archbishop of Los Angeles)

From Google Books:

"An in-depth, thorough and respectful presentation of the Catholic position on homosexuality, from a theological and pastoral perspective."

GRAHAM: Discovering Images of God

narratives of care among lesbians and gays

Westminster John Knox Press, 1997

205 pages

Christian, lesbian & gay, biography, pastoral ministry, theology

Larry Graham has interviewed gays and lesbians across the country and has discovered a new sense of God at work through all people. These insights bring new images of God that are more true, more faithful, and more deeply connected to the pains and joys of everyone's life.

Graham, Larry Ken

Discovering Images of God

Narratives of care Among Lesbians and Gays

L'EMPEREUR: Spiritual Direction and the Gay Person

Edicoes Loyola, 1998

The opening sentences of this book:

Homosexuality is one of God's most significant gifts to humanity. To be gay or lesbian is to have received a special blessing from God. to be gay or lesbian is to have received a special blessing from God. All humans receive their own special graces from their creator, but god has chosen some to be gay and lesbian as a way of revealing something about Godself that heterosexuals do not.

"Written with a solid grasp of the central personal and social issues facing lesbian and gay people, "Spiritual Direction and the gay Person" is a practical and liberating resource for spiritual directors and those seeking guidance.  It is not prescriptive.  Its only aim is to assist gay men and lesbian women on their spiritual journeys, through relationships, prayer and liturgy and through their commitment to, or rejection of, institutional religion."

-Robert Nugent, co-founder of New Ways Ministry

Again and again I scribbled Excellent in the margins of this book - unflinching in examining the gay experience, refreshing in recognizing God's handiwork there, illuminating in charting this particular path of spiritual growth, and chock-full of references creatively and insightfully used

-Daniel Helniniak, author of "What the Bible Really Says about Homosexuality"

TANIS: Trans gendered

Tanis, Justin Edward

Trans gendered

Theology, Ministry and Communities of Faith

"A transgendered clergyperson seeks to explore the spiritual nature of transgendered persons, to listen to the stories of others like himself, and to give a positive voice to the community"

"Anyone dealing with theological issues and gender identity must read this book. Dr. Tanis provides the reader with a solid argument about the validity of gender variant people in our chrches and in our society through the use of personal stories of his journey and the journey of others as well as solid scriptural evidence. If you are grappling with your own gender identity or if you are trying to understand the gender identity of someone in your life this book will open your eyes in ways you could have never imagined. Be prepared to encounter new found courage and strength within its pages. Dr. Tanis also provides an excellent introduction to the transgender experience from a cultural as well as religious stand point. He breaks down the issues surrounding gender identity in simplistic terms so that the reader does not already have to be well versed in queer theory in order to hear his message. I strongly recommend this book."