Holmdel UCC

Open and Affirming (ONA):
Homosexuality - What does scripture say?

A great dialogue between Dr. Manfred Brauch and Dr. William Hertzog, II on key biblical passages:
http://www.bridges-across.org/ba/hbintro.htm

Erwin Buck, Studies on Homosexuality and the Church (Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, 2001).
http://www.telc.ca/pdf/Buck_Homosexuality.pdf

Bruce Lowe, "A Letter to Louise." This is a comprehensive overview of the issues in the form of a personal letter from a minister to a friend whose brother is gay.
http://www.godmademegay.com/Letter.htm

Dale Martin, “Arsenokoités and Malakos: Meanings and Consequences.”
http://www.clgs.org/5/5_4_3.html

Mary Ann Tolbert “Homoeroticism in the Biblical World: Biblical Texts in Historical Contexts.”
http://www.clgs.org/5/5_4_4.html

Dan Otto Via and Robert Gagnon, Homosexuality and the Bible: Two Views (Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 2003).
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=-2qXHKuQdMIC

Rev. Mel White, “What the Bible says—and doesn’t say—about homosexuality.”
http://www.soulforce.org/article/homosexuality-bible-gay-christian

Rev. Dr. Walter Wink, “Homosexuality and the Bible.”
http://www.progressivechristianwitness.org/pcw/pdf/Wink_HomosexualityBible.pdf

The following link contains a scholarly debate between Dr. Walter Wink and Dr. Robert Gagnon published in Christian Century in 2002.
http://www.robgagnon.net/Reviews/homoWinkExchanges.pdf

Additional links on homosexuality and scripture may be found here:
http://www.bridges-across.org/ba/christiandebate.htm

For further study here is a bibliography of recent works related to Christianity and homosexuality.
http://www2.anglican.ca/faith/hs/hsrg/documents/bibliography.pdf