Catalog Search Results
Author
Description
"Does God's word in the Bible really condemn homosexuals? Top scholars show that those who perceive Bible passages as condemning of homosexuality are being misled by faulty translation and poor interpretation. Daniel A. Helmeniak, Ph.D., respected theologian and Roman Catholic priest, explains in a clear fashion the fascinating new insights of these scholars. The Bible has been used to justify slavery, inquisitions, apartheid and the subjugation of...
Author
Description
The Bible really is gay-friendly and affirming says Rev. Samuel Kader as he shows in his ground-breaking book what lessons can be learned from Scripture, history and experience. Here is direct language we find what is really contained in the Bible regarding homosexuality and gay relationships, and the results are truly surprising. Jonathan, an Old Testament Israelite, was probably not only gay but in love with the same man (David) as his sister. Both...
Description
In Wrestling with the Angel, twenty-one authors - gay men who are Hindu, Muslim, Jewish, Catholic, Baptist, Lutheran, and Mormon - explore in moving and powerful essays the paradox at the center of their faiths: If God creates each of us in His own image, then how can that image be "wrong"? In vivid descriptions of their paths toward spiritual and sexual identity, such eloquent contributors as David Plante, Mark Doty, Lev Raphael, Alfred Corn, Andrew...
Author
Description
The ongoing crisis in the Catholic Church has revealed certain truths: truths in the memories of abused children and adolescents, and truths about the church's response--or lack of response--to evidence about the behavior of some of its priests. But the author argues that for true reform to occur, the truth telling in the Christian churches must go much farther and deeper than this. Christians, he says, must try to speak truths to one another about...