tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post8276114291429005112..comments2024-02-28T12:04:11.837-08:00Comments on Jesus in Love Blog: Top 22 gay Jesus books: Queer Christ is ready for readersKittredge Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02617858676733169316noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-38479411731040157462014-12-22T20:23:01.407-08:002014-12-22T20:23:01.407-08:00Thanks, Michael. I added your book to the end of t...Thanks, Michael. I added your book to the end of the list under "Late Additions."Kittredge Cherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02617858676733169316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-83604731546026407602014-12-22T20:11:57.808-08:002014-12-22T20:11:57.808-08:00I think there may be some people who might like a ...I think there may be some people who might like a new book at Amazon called 'The Gay Jesus' which is mildly suggestive but wildly provocative leaving the reader with free choice. It is also the basis of Histories and Higher Ideals Church, which focuses on the higher ideals of history as a form towards linking to higher spiritualties. The book follows the four gospels and the time period loosely.Michael Brooksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-33624646298897985272013-12-19T21:11:15.613-08:002013-12-19T21:11:15.613-08:00Brian, thanks for recommending “ Sex and the Singl...Brian, thanks for recommending “<a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0664230466/?tag=jesusinloveor-20" rel="nofollow"> Sex and the Single Savior: Gender and Sexuality in Biblical Interpretation</a>” by Dale Martin. It looks like it cover many aspects of sexuality from a progressive Christian perspective.Kittredge Cherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02617858676733169316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-21582366639649411392013-12-07T22:17:23.836-08:002013-12-07T22:17:23.836-08:00Not specifically about a gay Christ, but Sex and t...Not specifically about a gay Christ, but Sex and the Single Savior by Dale Martin is an excellent excellent book that involves a lot of queer theology. (Martin himself is gay.)Brianhttp://bottleofink.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-10528329491409798972012-12-24T07:14:03.294-08:002012-12-24T07:14:03.294-08:00Sorry for being so late in replying to your respon...Sorry for being so late in replying to your response about the price of the two books I mentioned - but I missed seeing it earlier. I was lucky - I was able to get them at very substantially less than the published price.This is not because I'm across the pond (where the list price is also sky high), but through the efforts of a friend who runs a quite remarkable book stall at our Soho Masses, with many excellent titles at bargain basement prices. I paid £12 for the Queer Bible Commentary (list price £60), and (I think) £4 for Christology from the Margins.<br /><br />Other readers will not be so fortunate, but looking for them on remaindered lists elsewhere may well turn up equivalent bargains.Terence Weldonhttp://queeringthechurch.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-71756615585520392392012-12-05T19:38:14.131-08:002012-12-05T19:38:14.131-08:00Dirk, congrats on receiving Rainbow Award for your...Dirk, congrats on receiving Rainbow Award for your books. Today I went back and made the correction on my original article about “It Was Too Soon Before.” This Top-20 list already has it right because I noticed the correction that you posted at Amazon. I even capitalized “Gay” the way you like in this sentence: “Vanden had a life-changing experience of seeing Jesus incarnated in every Gay man, including the author himself.”<br /><br />Queer Eye, I’m looking forward to “Rainbow Theology” too! It just became available this week for preorder at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1596272414/?tag=jesusinloveor-20" rel="nofollow">this link</a>. The book will be published in March or April.Kittredge Cherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02617858676733169316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-64001480533464684482012-12-04T16:08:24.362-08:002012-12-04T16:08:24.362-08:00A provocative, courageous and crucial list. I am e...A provocative, courageous and crucial list. I am eagerly awaiting the day when Patrick Cheng's "Rainbow Theology" will be added to the list. <i>Syabas!</i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-62414115641670943262012-12-04T14:21:44.569-08:002012-12-04T14:21:44.569-08:00PS: IT WAS TOO SOON BEFORE just received 2 Rainbow...PS: IT WAS TOO SOON BEFORE just received 2 Rainbow Awards from Lisa Rolle: BEST GAY MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY OF 2012, and tied for 3rd BEST GAY BOOK/NOVEL OF 2012Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05051272021170560098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-39018271183772752052012-12-04T13:39:27.994-08:002012-12-04T13:39:27.994-08:00i need to change one "small" thing in yo...i need to change one "small" thing in your description of my acid-vision at Dave's Baths, in IT WAS TOO SOON BEFORE. i saw the Gay Messia in Gay Men, NOT ALL MEN. Thanks for inclusion in the list. Dirk VandenAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05051272021170560098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-33910926411296421282012-11-15T19:39:59.540-08:002012-11-15T19:39:59.540-08:00I just added the two books you recommended to my b...I just added the two books you recommended to my blog article with links. Thanks! I was sorry to see that both are priced above $50, putting them out of reach for many readers. Both come from the same publisher, SCM Press, which is based in the UK. Maybe they are more affordable “across the pond” where you live, Terry.<br /><br />Kittredge Cherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02617858676733169316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-75569979189241302082012-11-12T00:22:59.415-08:002012-11-12T00:22:59.415-08:00Thanks for this useful list, Kitt. I would add two...Thanks for this useful list, Kitt. I would add two books which are important, but a little broader in scope than your suggestions.<br /><br />Thomas Bohache's "Christology from the Margins" covers all the margins, with the queer margin as the main focus. But by introducing the subject in more general terms, then going over Black Christology and feminist Christology, he underlines the point you make - "Every community presents Jesus in their own way. There’s black Jesus, Asian Jesus -- and now gay Jesus to heal the damage being done in Christ’s name".<br /><br />Then, to complement your recommendation of John's Gospel, there's the encyclopedic "Queer Bible Commentary". This covers the entire bible from queer perspective, but it is so big a book, that the four chapters of Gospel commentary from queer perspective are just about enough to stand alone as a book on their own - in ideas, if not in pages.Terence Weldonhttp://queeringthechurch.comnoreply@blogger.com