Christianity and Sexuality

Introduction to Christianity and Homosexuality

Coles, Gregory. Single, Gay, Christian: A Personal Journey of Faith and Sexual Identity. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2017.*

DeYoung, Kevin. What Does the Bible Really Teach about Homosexuality? Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway, 2015.*

Gill, Robin. “Sexuality and religious ethics.” In The Cambridge Companion to Christian Ethics. Edited by Robin Gill, 271-287. Cambridge, UK ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012.*

Hill, Wesley. Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness & Homosexuality. Updated and expanded edition. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 2016.*

Mottier, Véronique. Sexuality: A Very Short Introduction. Very short introductions. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.

Saraswati, L. Ayu, Barbara L. Shaw, and Heather Rellihan, eds. Introduction to Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies: Interdisciplinary and Intersectional Approaches. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018.

Sprinkle, Preston M., ed. Two Views on Homosexuality, the Bible, and the Church. Counterpoints: Bible and theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2016.*

Tay, John S. H. Born Gay: Examining the Scientific Evidence for Homosexuality. Singapore: John S.H. Tay, 2010.*

Wilson, Todd A. Mere Sexuality: Rediscovering the Christian Vision of Human Sexuality. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2017.*

History

Cabezón, José Ignacio. Sexuality in Classical South Asian Buddhism. Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2017.

Crompton, Louis. Homosexuality & Civilization. 1st. paperback ed. Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press, 2006.

Foucault, Michel. The History of Sexuality. Vintage Books ed. Vol. 1. New York: Vintage Books, 1990.

Foucault, Michel. The History of Sexuality. Vintage Books ed. Vol. 2. New York: Vintage Books, 1990.

Foucault, Michel. The History of Sexuality. Vintage Books ed. Vol. 3. New York: Vintage Books, 1990.

Harper, Kyle. From Shame to Sin: The Christian Transformation of Sexual Morality in Late Antiquity, 2016.

Herzog, Dagmar. Sexuality in Europe: A Twentieth-Century History. New approaches to European history. Cambridge, UK ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Kiel, Yishai. Sexuality in the Babylonian Talmud: Christian and Sasanian Contexts in Late Antiquity. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2016.

Larson, Jennifer. Greek and Roman Sexualities: A Sourcebook. London: Bloomsbury, 2012.

Mann, Susan. Gender and Sexuality in Modern Chinese History. New approaches to Asian history. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011.

McClure, Laura, ed. Sexuality and Gender in the Classical World: Readings and Sources. Interpreting ancient history. Oxford, UK ; Malden, MA, USA: Blackwell Publishers, 2002.

Monographs

Balch, David L., ed. Homosexuality, Science, and the “Plain Sense” of Scripture. Grand Rapids, Mich: W.B. Eerdmans Pub, 2000.*

Balswick, Judith K., and Jack O. Balswick. Authentic Human Sexuality: An Integrated Christian Approach. 2nd ed. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2008.*

Brownson, James V. Bible, Gender, Sexuality: Reframing the Church’s Debate on Same-Sex Relationships. Grand Rapids, Mich: W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co, 2013.*

Brown, Peter. The Body and Society: Men, Women, and Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity. Twentieth anniversary ed. with a new introduction. Columbia classics in religion. New York: Columbia University Press, 2008.

Campbell, Douglas A., ed. Gospel and Gender: A Trinitarian Engagement with Being Male and Female in Christ. Studies in theology and sexuality 7. London ; New York: T&T Clark International, 2003.*

Coakley, Sarah. God, Sexuality and the Self: An Essay “on the Trinity.” Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2013.*

Dawn, Marva J. Sexual Character: Beyond Technique to Intimacy. Grand Rapids, Mich: W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co, 1993.*

DeFranza, Megan K. Sex Difference in Christian Theology: Male, Female, and Intersex in the Image of God. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2015.*

Dess, Nancy Kimberly, Jeanne Marecek, and Leslie C. Bell, eds. Gender, Sex, and Sexualities: Psychological Perspectives. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2018.

Diamond, Lisa M. Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women’s Love and Desire. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Univ. Press, 2009.

Gagnon, Robert A. J. The Bible and Homosexual Practice: Texts and Hermeneutics. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2002.*

Grenz, Stanley J. Sexual Ethics: An Evangelical Perspective. Louisville, Ky: Westminster John Knox Press, 1997.*

Heimbach, Daniel R. True Sexual Morality: Recovering Biblical Standards for a Culture in Crisis. Wheaton, Ill: Crossway Books, 2004.*

Hiestand, Gerald, and Todd A. Wilson, eds. Beauty, Order, and Mystery: A Christian Vision of Human Sexuality. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2017.*

Hubbard, Thomas K., ed. Homosexuality in Greece and Rome: A Sourcebook of Basic Documents. Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature. Berkeley, [Calif.]: University of California Press, 2003.

Jones, Stanton L., and Mark A. Yarhouse. Homosexuality: The Use of Scientific Research in the Church’s Moral Debate. Downers Grove, Ill: InterVarsity Press, 2000.*

LeVay, Simon, and Janice I. Baldwin. Human Sexuality. 4th ed. Sunderland, Mass: Sinauer Associates, Inc, 2012.

Levine, Stephen B., Candace B. Risen, and Stanley E. Althof, eds. Handbook of Clinical Sexuality for Mental Health Professionals. Third edition. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016.

Loader, William R. G. Making Sense of Sex: Attitudes towards Sexuality in Early Jewish and Christian Literature. Attitudes to sex in early Jewish and Christian literature. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2013.*

Loader, William R. G. Sexuality and the Jesus Tradition. Grand Rapids, Mich: W.B. Eerdmans Pub, 2005.*

Loader, William R. G. The New Testament on Sexuality. Attitudes towards sexuality in Judaism and Christianity in the Hellenistic Greco-Roman era. Grand Rapids, Mich: W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co, 2012.*

Loader, William R. G. The Pseudepigrapha on Sexuality: Attitudes towards Sexuality in Apocalypses, Testaments, Legends, Wisdom, and Related Literature. Attitudes towards sexuality in Judaism and Christianity in the Hellenistic Greco-Roman era. Grand Rapids, Mich: W.B. Eerdmans Pub, 2011.*

Nelson, James B., and Sandra P. Longfellow, eds. Sexuality and the Sacred: Sources for Theological Reflection. 1st ed. Louisville, Ky: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1994.*

Rogers, Eugene F. Sexuality and the Christian Body: Their Way into the Triune God. Challenges in contemporary theology. Oxford, UK ; Malden, Mass: Blackwell, 1999.

Some Issues in Human Sexuality: A Guide to the Debate. London: Church House, 2003.*

Srivastava, Sanjay, ed. Sexuality Studies. Oxford India studies in contemporary society. New Delhi ; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.

Thielicke, Helmut. The Ethics of Sex. Greenwood, S.C.: Attic Press, 1978.*

Vines, Matthew. God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same-Sex Relationships. First trade paperback edition. New York: Convergent Books, 2015.

Emery-Wright, Steven. Understanding Teenage Sexuality: A Foundation for Christian Relationships. Singapore: Genesis Books, 2009.*

Yarhouse, Mark A. Understanding Gender Dysphoria: Navigating Transgender Issues in a Changing Culture. Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP Academic, 2015.*

Yarhouse, Mark A., and Erica S. N. Tan. Sexuality and Sex Therapy: A Comprehensive Christian Appraisal. Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP, 2014.*


*Refers to those written from a Christian perspective.