Last Updated on January 14, 2024 by Kittredge Cherry
LGBTQ youth ministry and Biblical gender-nonconformists are explored in a new book and film this month.
The book is “A Brief Guide to Ministry with LGBTQIA Youth” by Cody J. Sanders. The film is “Transfigurations: Transgressing Gender in the Bible” by Peterson Toscano.
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“A Brief Guide to Ministry with LGBTQIA Youth” by Cody J. Sanders.
How can a church’s youth ministry have a positive impact on adolescents who struggle to live out their faith and their LGBTQIA orientation/identity? This guide for affirming congregations includes practical advice and a glossary. The author is pastor of Old Cambridge Baptist Church in Harvard Square. Published by Westminster John Knox Press.
Buy now at: Indybound.org | Amazon.com
“Transfigurations: Transgressing Gender in the Bible” by Peterson Toscano.
Genderbending Bible interpretations are presented in an enthralling one-person performance by a Bible scholar/actor. Toscano metamorphoses into an impressive array of gender-nonconforming Biblical figures. The living first-person portraits shed fresh light on characters ranging from warrior women to “girly boys,” from major heroes to little-known eunuchs. Toscano backs up each monologue with an enjoyable mini-lecture on the Biblical scholarship behind it. The show received high praise when it toured seminaries and LGBTQ events across the United States and Europe. Toscano identifies as a “quirky, queer Quaker.” Available for streaming at Amazon.com and on DVD from Barclay Press.
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Just released
“Rainbow in the Word: LGBTQ Christians’ Biblical Memoirs” edited by Ellin Sterne Jimmerson. Foreword by Viki Matson. Published by Wipf and Stock.
Coming soon and available for pre-order
Sept. 28, 2017
“Queer and Catholic: A Life of Contradiction” by Mark Dowd. Published by Darton, Longman and Todd.
Nov. 1, 2017
“A House of Prayer for All People: Contesting Citizenship in a Queer Church” by David K. Seitz. Published by University of Minnesota Press.
Nov. 7, 2017
“Sexual Disorientations: Queer Temporalities, Affects, Theologies” by Kent L. Brintnall, Joseph A. Marchal and Stephen D. Moore (editors). Published by Fordham University Press.
More LGBTQ Christian books
New in August 2017: “Retreating Forward” and “The Straight Mind in Corinth”
New in July 2017: “Building a Bridge” and “Live Through This”
New in May 2017: “Visions of Sodom” and “119: My Life as a Bisexual Christian”
New in April 2017: “Trust Truth” and “For I am Wonderfully Made”
Top 35 LGBTQ Christian books of 2016 named
Top 25 LGBTQ Christian books of 2015 named
Top 25 LGBTQ Christian books of 2014 named
Basic LGBTQ Christian books: Where to start?
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