Faith, Scholarship & Story
Welcome to our curated bookshelf. Below, we have compiled a selection of recent releases from our community, including forensic theological studies and new fiction that challenges the boundaries of tradition. These are works by friends, colleagues, and the editor that we believe deserve a place in your library.
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Faith & Sexuality
Browse ArchiveCurated LGBTQ+ Theology Library
A comprehensive collection of the top LGBTQ+ Christian books as rated by qspirit.net and curated by our editorial team.
1. Heavenly LGBTQ+
LinkInspiring stories of LGBTQ people throughout history in this illustrated book.
2. LGBTQ Catholic Ministry
LinkExplore grassroots LGBTQ Catholic movements over the last 75 years.
3. My Life
LinkMemoir of an openly gay Roman Catholic priest and his adventurous ministry.
4. Holy Queer
LinkBlack queer experience shedding fresh light on Christ and the church.
5. Queering Christian Worship
LinkCollection of essays by leading scholars on queer ways to worship.
6. Rainbow Psalms
LinkExperience the psalms rendered specifically for LGBTQ+ readers.
7. Josephine
LinkA gender-nonconformist retelling of Joseph from Genesis in graphic-novel format.
8. The(y)ology
LinkLiberation theologies meeting drag performance and queer mythopoetics.
9. After Method
LinkScholarly conversation between Marcella Althaus-Reid and Karl Barth.
10. Gender Essentialism
LinkCritiquing fixed gender binaries within Eastern Orthodox traditions.
11. Next Time You Come Home
LinkPoetic letters between mother and daughter (1989-2001) on faith and sexuality.
12. Nun Better
LinkThe 40-year love story of two Catholic nuns, starting before legalization.
13. Always Matt
LinkA beautiful illustrated tribute to the life and legacy of Matthew Shepard.
14. Forward!
LinkThoughts of a trans woman and bishop on her Christian journey.
15. Global South Voices
LinkQueer ministers across Asia, Africa, and Latin America tell their stories.
16. Hidden Histories
LinkFaith and Black lesbian leadership in U.S. religious movements.
17. Faith and Sexuality
LinkReconciling LGBT+ people and Christianity through memoir and study.
18. The Other Evangelicals
LinkThe story of the progressives pushed out of the evangelical movement.
19. Storming the Gate
LinkFighting religion-based oppression using the power of Soul Force.
20. The Vanishing Song
LinkPoems from a trans Christian searching for God in wilderness places.
21. Butterfly Angels
LinkFantasy fiction where an angel confronts the church's treatment of LGBTQ people.
22. For Love of Self
LinkA gay Unitarian Universalist minister finds love in 1980s Vermont.
23. Meet My Jesus
LinkAn inclusive children's book showing Jesus loves everyone equally.