Books:

Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century By John Boswell

What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality By Daniel A. Helminiak

Openly Gay, Openly Christian: A Gay-Friendly Approach to Scripture By Samuel Kader

The New Testament and Homosexuality: Contextual Background for Contemporary Debate By Robin Scroggs

Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism: A Bishop Rethinks the Meaning of Scripture By John Shelby Spong

Websites:

The Bible and Homosexuality — From Dr. Rembert Truluck

What the Bible Says – And Doesn’t Say – About Homosexuality — From Soulforce founder Mel White

More Reading:

This page on ReligiousTolerance.org contains explanations of all the verses above and includes both conservative and liberal Christian interpretations.

Our Verses of Hope page provides passages that prove to LGBTQI people — and really, to everyone — that God loves us and is with us always; these passages far outnumber the six clobber passages.

Rev. Candace Chellew

The founder and Editor Emeritus of Whosoever, Rev. Candace Chellew earned her Masters of Theological studies at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga., and trained as a spiritual director through the Omega Point program of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta. Her first book, “Bulletproof Faith: A Spiritual Survival Guide for Gay and Lesbian Christians”, was published by Jossey-Bass in 2008. She currently serves as the Spiritual Director of Jubilee! Circle in Columbia, S.C.