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Sent: 20 October 2012 14:12
Dear Naomi
I'm not sure if your focus is American history or how long your proposed
chronology is, but some more sociological texts looking at recent history might
be worth considering. An accessible critical framing:
Janet R Jakobsen and Ann Pellegrini (2004) "Love the sin: sexual regulation and
the limits of religious tolerance" Boston: Beacon.
An ethnography of American Methodist communities thinking about homosexuality
might make a useful case study of the "ways in which Christian individuals and
communities have negotiated, contested, or reconfigured these teachings in
their lives and writings" as you requested:
Dawne Moon (2004) "God, sex and politics: homosexuality and everyday
theologies" Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press.
The second chapter ('Haven in a heartless world: the historical roots of
gendered theology') in the following book might stimulate some different
perspectives:
Kathy Rudy (1997) "Sex and the church: gender, homosexuality and the
transformation of Christian ethics" Boston: Beacon
An older book has a section entitled 'An historical survey of Christian
attitudes' which focuses largely on the situation in England (not the UK) might
be of interest as an example of a discussion of what the cover blurb describes
as a "test case for modern Christian ethics". The situation in the UK has moved
on considerably since it was published:
Peter Coleman (1980) "Christian attitudes to homosexuality" London: SPCK
Best wishes,
Duncan Branley
Goldsmiths, University of London
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