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2006 MCU Conference

Passion for Justice: Global and Faithful Perspectives on Human Sexuality

Book List

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A collection of essays exploring what has been lost and gained in replacing modern sexual orthodoxy with the heresies of postmodern sexualities.

R. Coward, Patriarchal Precedents: Sexuality and Social Relations Routledge & Kegan Paul 1983

Jo Ind, Memories of Bliss: God, Sex and Us (SCM Press. 2003)

Rethinking the Family sets out the main trends - the increase in the number of working mothers, in cohabitation and divorce, in single and step parenthood, in people living on their own or in more open same-sex relationships - within the context of ethnic and cultural diversity and an ageing society. What, it asks, are the effects of these changes and what are the implications for future social policy?

Working from what he calls a radical humanist perspective, Weeks (sociology, South Bank U., London) examines sexual mores in these confusing times from AIDS to the politics of diversity to controversial topics such as sadomasochism, rape, and abortion rights.

This book addresses the issues discussed at the Lambeth Conference of Anglican Bishops and primates in 1998 in a reflective, discursive manner, and looks to recommending by example, different ways of holy living for gay and lesbian couples. It includes contributions from gay and lesbian individuals living their lives in the Church today.

This major study develops a new account of modernity and its relation to the self. Building upon the ideas set out in The Consequences of Modernity, Giddens argues that 'high' or 'late' modernity is a post traditional order characterised by a developed institutional reflexivity. In the current period, the globalising tendencies of modern institutions are accompanied by a transformation of day-to-day social life having profound implications for personal activities.

For people who need to keep in touch with contemporary developments in Christian teaching about issues concerning sex and sexuality.

Offering new hope for Christian marriage at a time of social and theological change. Marriage after Modernity reaffirms the status of marriage as a Christian sacrament, though accepts some forms of premarital cohabitation and discusses contraception, divorce and same-sex marriages.

S. Jackson, Heterosexuality in Question (Sage, London, 1999)

R. Williams, The Body's Grace Michael Harding Memorial Address, Lesbian & Gay Christian Movement, 2002

A. Kinsey, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male & Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1948 & 1953; Indiana University Press; Reprint editions 1998)

Gays and the Future of Anglicanism: Responses to the Windsor Report

Andrew Linzey Richard Kirker (eds.)

(O Books 2005)

Some want Anglicanism to be exclusive of gays, especially gay priests and bishops.

In this collection of essays, distinguished academics from the UK and the US offer lively, thoughtful and scholarly critiques of the Windsor Report.

Contributors write from a variety of standpoints, including justice for gays, opposition to centralization, and the need for legitimate moral diversity within Anglicanism.

The Queer God is about radical sexuality, poverty, criticism of heterosexual orthodoxy and theology. In chapters on salsa and theology, deviant theologians, queering hermeneutics, Sade and holiness, it seeks to liberate God from the closet of traditional Christian thought and embrace His part in the lives of gays and lesbians worldwide.

Marcella Althaus-Reid reflects on Latin American spiritual traditions and considers the need for a Queer concept of holiness and a theology of grace outside colonial parameters.

Herbert Anderson & Susan Johnson Regarding Children: New Respect for Childhood and Families (Family Living in Pastoral Perspective)(Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. 1994) Superb theology about families and children.

Marcia J Bunge. (ed ).The Child in Christian Thought and Practice (Religion, Marriage, and Family) (Grand Rapids. Michigan / Cambridge U.K. William B Eerdmans. 2001) A fine volume of positive critical essays by historical theologians on children — the best around by far but it takes a lot at reading!

Lisa Sowle Cahill,Family: Christian Social Perspective (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2000) Excellent revisionary and inclusive Roman Catholic work on families.

Pamela D. Couture, Seeing Children, Seeing God (Nashville: Abirigdon Press, 2000) Excellent theological work on children and poverty.

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Follow the Way of Love (1994) Remarkably positive and inclusive statement about families an children.


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2006 MCU Conference Passion for Justice: Global and Faithful Perspectives on Human Sexuality Book List						To buy a book from Amazon through this site use this search box or click on a link to one book and then choose others.
	Sex These Days John Davies & Gerard Loughlin (eds), (Continuum 1997)	A collection of essays exploring what has been lost and gained in replacing modern sexual orthodoxy with the heresies of postmodern sexualities.			The History of Sexuality: Will to Knowledge volume 1 Michel Foucault, Robert Hurley (Translator) (Penguin New edition 1998)	The History of Sexuality: Use of Pleasure v. 2 (Penguin History) The History of Sexuality: Care of the Self v. 3 (Penguin History)
Peter Coleman, Gay Christians, (SCM Press 1989)				R. Coward, Patriarchal Precedents: Sexuality and Social Relations Routledge & Kegan Paul 1983
Mary Hunt, Fierce Tenderness: Feminist Theology of Friendship (Crossroad, 1991)				Jo Ind, Memories of Bliss: God, Sex and Us (SCM Press. 2003)
	Rethinking Families Fiona Williams (Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation 2004)	Rethinking the Family sets out the main trends - the increase in the number of working mothers, in cohabitation and divorce, in single and step parenthood, in people living on their own or in more open same-sex relationships - within the context of ethnic and cultural diversity and an ageing society. What, it asks, are the effects of these changes and what are the implications for future social policy?	More books on faith and sexuality here.		Invented Moralities Jeffrey Weeks (Columbia University Press 1995)	Working from what he calls a radical humanist perspective, Weeks (sociology, South Bank U., London) examines sexual mores in these confusing times from AIDS to the politics of diversity to controversial topics such as sadomasochism, rape, and abortion rights.
	Face to Face: Gay and Lesbian Clergy on Holiness and Life Together: Reflections of Gay and Lesbian Clergy on Holy Living and Committed Partnerships Jeffrey Heskins (SCM 2005)	This book addresses the issues discussed at the Lambeth Conference of Anglican Bishops and primates in 1998 in a reflective, discursive manner, and looks to recommending by example, different ways of holy living for gay and lesbian couples. It includes contributions from gay and lesbian individuals living their lives in the Church today.			Modernity and Self-identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age Anthony Giddens (Polity Press 1991)	This major study develops a new account of modernity and its relation to the self. Building upon the ideas set out in The Consequences of Modernity, Giddens argues that 'high' or 'late' modernity is a post traditional order characterised by a developed institutional reflexivity. In the current period, the globalising tendencies of modern institutions are accompanied by a transformation of day-to-day social life having profound implications for personal activities.
	People of Passion: What the Churches Teach About Sex Elizabeth Stuart and Adrian Thatcher (Continuum Mowbray 1997)	For people who need to keep in touch with contemporary developments in Christian teaching about issues concerning sex and sexuality.			Marriage After Modernity: Christian Marriage in Postmodern Times Adrian Thatcher (New York University Press 1999)	Offering new hope for Christian marriage at a time of social and theological change. Marriage after Modernity reaffirms the status of marriage as a Christian sacrament, though accepts some forms of premarital cohabitation and discusses contraception, divorce and same-sex marriages.
K. Plummer, Telling Sexual Stories: Power, Change and Social Worlds Routledge 1995				Being Human: A Christian Understanding of Personhood Illustrated with Reference to Power, Money, Sex and Time (Doctrine Commission of C of E) (Church House Publishing 2003)
S. Jackson, Heterosexuality in Question (Sage, London, 1999)
R. Williams, The Body's Grace Michael Harding Memorial Address, Lesbian & Gay Christian Movement, 2002				A. Kinsey, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male & Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1948 & 1953; Indiana University Press; Reprint editions 1998)
	Gays and the Future of Anglicanism: Responses to the Windsor Report Andrew Linzey Richard Kirker (eds.) (O Books 2005)	Some want Anglicanism to be exclusive of gays, especially gay priests and bishops. In this collection of essays, distinguished academics from the UK and the US offer lively, thoughtful and scholarly critiques of the Windsor Report. Contributors write from a variety of standpoints, including justice for gays, opposition to centralization, and the need for legitimate moral diversity within Anglicanism.			The Queer God Marcella Althaus-Reid (Routledge, 2003)	The Queer God is about radical sexuality, poverty, criticism of heterosexual orthodoxy and theology. In chapters on salsa and theology, deviant theologians, queering hermeneutics, Sade and holiness, it seeks to liberate God from the closet of traditional Christian thought and embrace His part in the lives of gays and lesbians worldwide. Marcella Althaus-Reid reflects on Latin American spiritual traditions and considers the need for a Queer concept of holiness and a theology of grace outside colonial parameters.
Herbert Anderson & Susan Johnson Regarding Children: New Respect for Childhood and Families (Family Living in Pastoral Perspective)(Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. 1994) Superb theology about families and children.				Marcia J Bunge. (ed ).The Child in Christian Thought and Practice (Religion, Marriage, and Family) (Grand Rapids. Michigan / Cambridge U.K. William B Eerdmans. 2001) A fine volume of positive critical essays by historical theologians on children — the best around by far but it takes a lot at reading!
Lisa Sowle Cahill,Family: Christian Social Perspective (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2000) Excellent revisionary and inclusive Roman Catholic work on families.				Pamela D. Couture, Seeing Children, Seeing God (Nashville: Abirigdon Press, 2000) Excellent theological work on children and poverty.
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Follow the Way of Love (1994) Remarkably positive and inclusive statement about families an children.				Many hard hitting articles on child poverty, neglect, etc. from a global perspective. UNICEF Building a world Fit for Children (New York United Nation's Children's Fund, 2003) www.unicef.org/publications/index.html
National Family and Parenting Institute				Promotes family time at weekends www.keeptimeforchildren.org.uk


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