13 Best nonfiction books like Scripture, Ethics, and the Possibility of Same-Sex Relationships by Karen R. Keen

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Scripture, Ethics, and the Possibility of Same-Sex Relationships

By: Karen R. Keen

4.37

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

WHEN IT COMES TO SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS, this book by Karen Keen contains the most thoughtful, bala…

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1. Is God anti-gay?: And other questions about homosexuality, the Bible and same-sex attraction

By: Sam Allberry

4.31

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

It's the hot topic of the moment. Christians, the church and the Bible seem to be out of step with … read more

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  • christian
  • lgbt
  • christianity
  • faith
  • theology
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • sexuality
"But the fact is that the gospel demands everything of all of us. If someone thinks the gospel has slotted into their life quite easily, without causing any major adjustments to their lifestyle or asp…"

-Sam Allberry, Is God anti-gay?: And other questions about homosexuality, the Bible and same-sex attraction

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2. Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality

By: Wesley Hill

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Gay," "Christian," and "celibate" don't often appear in the same sentence. Yet many who sit next t… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
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  • nonfiction
  • sexuality
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3. Walking the Bridgeless Canyon: Repairing the Breach Between the Church and the LGBT Community

By: Kathy Baldock

4.12

Format: 204 pages,

In 2001, Kathy Baldock, a straight conservative evangelical Christian, met Netto Montoya, a lesbian… read more

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  • christian
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  • nonfiction
  • sexuality
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4. Two Views on Homosexuality, the Bible, and the Church

By: Stanley N. Gundry , Stephen R. Holmes , Wesley Hill , Preston Sprinkle , William Loader , Megan K. Defranza

3.36

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

No issue is more divisive or more pressing for the church today than homosexuality. Two Views on Ho… read more

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  • christian
  • lgbt
  • christianity
  • faith
  • theology
  • sexuality

5. God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same-Sex Relationships

By: Matthew Vines

3.87

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

As a young Christian man, Matthew Vines harbored the same basic hopes of most young people: to some… read more

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6. Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs.-Christians Debate

By: Justin Lee

3.55

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

As a teenager and young man, Justin Lee felt deeply torn. Nicknamed "God Boy" by his peers, he knew… read more

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7. Bible, Gender, Sexuality: Reframing the Church's Debate on Same-Sex Relationships

By: None

3.17

Format: 55 pages, Paperback

Grapples conscientiously with biblical texts at the heart of the church's debate over same-sex rela… read more

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8. Felicity

By: Mary Oliver

4.12

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Mary Oliver, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, celebrates love in her new collection of poems "If I ha… read more

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9. Changing Our Mind: A call from America's leading evangelical ethics scholar for full acceptance of LGBT Christians in the Church

By: Brian D. McLaren , Matthew Vines , Phyllis Tickle , David P. Gushee

3.82

Format: 287 pages,

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10. Redeeming Sex: Naked Conversations about Sexuality and Spirituality

By: Debra Hirsch

1.75

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

Nothing has exposed the gap between the church and the broader society quite like the cultural argu… read more

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11. UnClobber

By: Glennon Doyle Melton , None

4.05

Format: 12 pages, Paperback

Churches in America are experiencing an unprecedented fracturing due to their belief and attitude t… read more

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12. Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did

By: John Mark Comer

4.63

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The author of the international bestseller The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry calls us to rediscover… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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13. The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

By: Beth Allison Barr

4.40

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

Biblical womanhood--the belief that God designed women to be submissive wives, virtuous mothers, an… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
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  • nonfiction
"Glorifying the past because we like the story better isn't history; it's propaganda."

-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

"When we differentiate women because of their sex, we objectify them and deny them their humanity."

-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

"Like racism, patriarchy is a shapeshifter—conforming to each new era, looking as if it has always belonged."

-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

"Historically, one of the greatest problems for women is that we do not remember our past and we do not work together to change our future. We do not stand together. But what if we did?"

-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

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14. Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church

By: Nijay K. Gupta

4.35

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Women were there. For centuries, discussions of early Christianity have focused on male leaders in … read more

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  • christian
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  • nonfiction
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15. Curveball: When Your Faith Takes Turns You Never Saw Coming (or How I Stumbled and Tripped My Way to Finding a Bigger God)

By: Peter Enns

4.36

Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition

“Peter Enns is brilliant at taking the big topics, those Christian ideas that usually scare us or i… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
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  • faith
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"Does the God of Abraham look lovingly upon ancient cave drawings and temples dedicated to the only gods ancient humans could have known?"

-Peter Enns, Curveball: When Your Faith Takes Turns You Never Saw Coming (or How I Stumbled and Tripped My Way to Finding a Bigger God)

"Like a frail plant that needs careful tending and constant protection from sun and wind, perhaps the real problem wasn’t me but the fragile, unsustainable version of Christianity I had been told was …"

-Peter Enns, Curveball: When Your Faith Takes Turns You Never Saw Coming (or How I Stumbled and Tripped My Way to Finding a Bigger God)

"Placeholder theology is the very nature of theology. By it we acknowledge the human need to say something about ultimate meaning concerning the Creator and the creation while also understanding that …"

-Peter Enns, Curveball: When Your Faith Takes Turns You Never Saw Coming (or How I Stumbled and Tripped My Way to Finding a Bigger God)

"A God who does not connect to the world around us is a God who cannot speak to us. Believing in a God who demands that we continue to adopt only biblically ancient ways of thinking of God, which are …"

-Peter Enns, Curveball: When Your Faith Takes Turns You Never Saw Coming (or How I Stumbled and Tripped My Way to Finding a Bigger God)

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16. My Body Is Not a Prayer Request: Disability Justice in the Church

By: Amy Kenny

4.20

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Much of the church has forgotten that we worship a disabled God whose wounds survived resurrection,… read more

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  • christian
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  • nonfiction
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17. Heavy Burdens: Seven Ways LGBTQ Christians Experience Harm in the Church

By: Bridget Eileen Rivera

4.50

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Foreword INDIES 2021 Finalist for Religion Religious faith reduces the risk of suicide for virtu… read more

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"It would seem counterintuitive for Christians to embrace a word that prioritizes sex as the focal point of identity (homosexual) over a word that intentionally decenters the importance of sex (gay). …"

-Bridget Eileen Rivera, Heavy Burdens: Seven Ways LGBTQ Christians Experience Harm in the Church

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18. Unwanted: How Sexual Brokenness Reveals Our Way to Healing

By: Jay Stringer

4.61

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Unwanted. It describes how we feel about some of the things we do. We don't wake up in the morning … read more

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19. Scripture, Ethics, and the Possibility of Same-Sex Relationships

By: Karen R. Keen

4.37

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

WHEN IT COMES TO SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS, this book by Karen Keen contains the most thoughtful, bala… read more

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20. Does the Bible Support Same-Sex Marriage?: 21 Conversations from a Historically Christian View

By: Preston M. Sprinkle

4.51

Format: 237 pages, Kindle Edition

Many arguments are made for and against same-sex marriage that end with divisiveness and confusion … read more

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21. The Gospel of Inclusion

By: Brandan J. Robertson

3.92

Format: 143 pages, Paperback

One of the most fiercely debated topics in modern Christianity centers on the inclusion of sexual a… read more

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Transform Your Habits

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Sam Allberry

4.31

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Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality

Wesley Hill

3.82

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Walking the Bridgeless Canyon: Repairing the Breach Between the Church and the LGBT Community

Kathy Baldock

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did

John Mark Comer

4.63

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Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

Dane C. Ortlund

4.52

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John Mark Comer

4.63

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Emily P. Freeman

4.01

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Jennie Allen

4.24

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