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Review
by Dr. Ralph Blair

Current Quarterly Review

• “Homosexuality & the Church: Scripture & Experience” by Luke Timothy Johnson, Commonweal, June 15, 2007.  “Is Homosexuality Compatible with Christianity?” by Scott Pruett, Lifeway.com, 2007.  (Read)

Quarterly Review Archives

• EX-gays? A Longitudinal Study of Religiously Mediated Change in Sexual Orientation by Stanton L. Jones and Mark A. Yarhouse (InterVarsity Press, 2007), 414 pp.  “Sexual Identity Therapy” by Mark A. Yarhouse, Christian Counseling Today, Vol. 15, No. 2. 2007 (Read)
   

• “My Romney Problem” by John McWhorter, The New York Sun, August 9, 2007.   “Choosing Truth Rather Than Words” by Alan Billings, Church Times, May 25, 2007.  “Clobber Passages” by Misty Irons, musingson.com, June 7, 2007.  (Read)
   

• “The Road to Healing” by Anonymous, Christianity Today, April 2007.  “My Secret Struggle with Same-Sex Attraction” by Julie Lyons, Charisma, May 2007 (Read)
   

• “Facts & Fictions About Homosexuality: Debunking the Socio-Biblical Myths of the Religious Gay Community” by Linda L. Belleville.  Cultural Encounters: A Journal for the Theology of Culture, Winter 2005, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Read)
   

• Right Wing, Wrong Bird: Why the Tactics of the Religious Right Won’t Fly with Most Conservative Christians by Joel C. Hunter (Distributed Church Press, 2006) 190 pp.  (Read)

   

• Is the Bible Intolerant?: Sexist? Oppressive? Homophobic? Outdated? Irrelevant? by Amy Orr-Ewing (InterVarsity Press, 2005), 144 pp. (Read)
   

• “Putting Asunder” by Jamie Dean, World, June 10, 2006.  “A Coming Storm” by Lynn Vincent, World, June 10, 2006.   “Bus Stop” by David M. Howard, Jr., The Wall Street Journal, May 5, 2006.  “Open-Door Policy” by Frederick J. Gaiser, The Christian Century, May 2, 2006.  “Battle for the Bible” by Mark Noll, The Christian Century, May 2, 2006.  (Read)
   

• Jesus, The Bible, and Homosexuality: Explode the Myths, Heal the Church by Jack Rogers (Westminster/John Knox, 2006) 169 pp. (Read)
   

• The Dominance of Evangelicalism: The age of Spurgeon and Moody by David W. Bebbington (InterVarsity, 2005), 288 pp. (Read)
   

• “Losing My Fear of Religion” by Mubarak Dahir, AlterNet.org, September 16, 2005, story 20585. 
  “The Case Against Marriage” by James Withers, New York Blade, September 30, 2005. 
  “Sex and Spirituality” by Deborah Emin, Gay City News, 27 October – 2 November, 2005. (Read)
   

• What God Has Joined Together? A Christian Case for Gay Marriage By David G. Myers and Letha Dawson Scanzoni (HarperSanFrancisco, 2005) pp. 180.   “Sacrificing Science” by Chuck Colson, BreakPoint, May 26, 2005. (Read)
   

• “Body and Soul” by Marvin Olasky, World, March 5, 2005. “From Mental Disorder to Civil-Rights Cause” by Marvin Olasky, World, February 19, 2005.  Gay Religion edited by Scott Thumma and Edward R. Gray (Altamira Press, 2005) 454 pp. (Read)
   

• “Homosexuality: A review of recent medical research papers” by Kenneth V. Dodgson, The Inspiriter, Summer/Fall 2003.  “Choosing Life” by Gerald Bray, Modern Reformation, September/October, 2004. (Read)
   

• “Husbands and Wives: What gay marriage won’t change” by Tod Lindberg, The Weekly Standard, August 2, 2004.  “Justly Protecting Marriage” by Bob De Moor, The Banner, May 2004.  “The Prohibition of Gay Marriage” by Collin Hansen, www.christianitytoday.com/history/newsletter/2004/jul15.html (Read)
   

• The Truth About Same-Sex Marriage by Erwin W. Lutzer (Moody Publishers, 2004, 115 pp.)  “Love Supreme: Gay nuptials and the making of modern marriage” by Adam Haslett, The New Yorker, May 31, 2004. (Read)
   

• “Leaving out the Lord” by Joel Belz, World, February 28, 2004. “Multiple Choice,” by Andree Seu, World, March 13, 2004.  “A Marriage Made in History?” by Don Browning and Elizabeth Marquardt, The New York Times, March 9, 2004.   (Read)
   

• “The Gay Embrace” by James M. Kushiner, Touchstone, May 2003; “The Folly of Racism, Then; Of Sexual Liberation, Now” by Russell D. Moore, SBC Life, October 2003; “Biblical Marriage” by William G. Johnsson, Adventist Review, October 2003. (Read)
  
• “The Gay Dilemma,” by J. Lee Grady, Charisma, October 2003; “The Marriage Amendment,” by The Editors, First Things, October 2003; “Sowing Confusion,” by Charles Colson, Christianity Today, October 2003.  (Read)
  
• “The Pride Game” by Joel Belz, World, June 28, 2003.  “Line in the Sand” by Joel Belz, World, July 19, 2003.  “Christ and Commitment” by Marvin Olasky, World, June 7, 2003.   (Read)
  
• “The Gospel vs. Scripture?” An interview with Walter Brueggemann by Julie A. Wortman, Voice of Integrity, Winter, 2003.  “Telling Our Stories: Good Words Offered About Good Sex” by Anonymous; “Being Normal May Hurt Us All” by Frank Faine; “Sexual Ethics on the Margin Shaped by Personal Experience” by Jim Sauder, Dialogue, Fall, 2002. (Read)
  
• “Initial Empirical and Clinical findings Concerning the Change Process for Ex-Gays” by Warren Throckmorton, Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, June 2002, Vol. 33, No. 3. (Read)
  
• The Bible and Homosexual Practice by Robert A. J. Gagnon (Abingdon, 2001), 520 pp. (Read)
  
• “NIV's Twisted Sister,” World, February 9, 2002; “Word Games” by Joel Belz and “Sad Day” by Marvin Olasky, World, February 16, 2002; “Claim it – or Concede it” by Joel Belz, World, May 25, 2002; “Should We Trust the TNIV?” by Susan Olasky; “The His-and-Hers Bible” by Emily Nussbaum, The New York Times Magazine, February 10, 2002; “Why the TNIV Draws Ire,” Christianity Today editorial, April 1, 2002; “Statement of Concern ” ad, World, June 15, 2002. (Read)

• “No Easy Victory” by Anonymous, Christianity Today, March 11, 2002.  (Read)
  
• "Can Christians Be Gay?" by Bill Shepson, Charisma & Christian Life, July 2001. (Read)
  
• Faith Beyond Resentment: Fragments catholic and gay by James Alison (Crossroad, 2001), 239 pp. (Read)
  
• “Expanding Alternatives to Same-Sex Attraction and Behavior in Men” by Mark A. Yarhouse; “Overcoming Male Homosexuality: Growth into heterosexuality” by Alan Medinger, Christian Counseling Today, Vol. 9, No. 2, 2001.  (Read)
  
• Homosexuality: The use of scientific research in the church’s moral debate by Stanton L. Jones and Mark A. Yarhouse (InterVarsity Press, 2000), 189 pp. (Read)
  
• "Homosexuality: Speaking as Followers of Jesus" by John Suk; "What I Learned About Homosexuality" by Al Hoksbergen; "The Church’s Response to Sexual Disorder" by Melvin Hugen; "Why We Cannot Heal Among You: An Open letter to Our Christian Community" by Don and Carmen Bergman; "Homosexuality, First Person" by Paul Wise; and two related news items. The Banner, August 14, 2000. (Read)
  
• Homoeroticism in the Biblical World: A historical perspective by Martii Nissinen (Fortress Press, 1998), 208 pp. (Read)
  
• Welcoming But Not Affirming: An Evangelical Response to Homosexuality by Stanley J. Grenz (Westminster John Knox, 1998, 210pp.) (Read)
  
• “The Triumph of Theology Over Tradition” by Dennis Wheeler, The Web site of the Georgia Council of Conservative Citizens, November 3, 1999. (Read)
  “Rather off his Rocker: Calculating every little innuendo to make abnormal seem normal” by Joel Belz, World, January 22, 2000. (Read)
  
• “My Daughter – a Lesbian?” by Kathleen Bremner as told to Candace Walters. Update, December 1999. Witness: Gay and Lesbian Clergy Report from the Front by Dann Hazel (Westminster John Knox, 2000), 147pp. (Read)

• "Called to Hate? How antihomosexual crusader Fred Phelps discredits the church" by Jody Veenker, Christianity Today, October 25, 1999. (Read)
  
• "Like the Wideness of the Sea" by Lewis Smedes, Perspectives, May 1999. 
  "Accepting What Cannot Be Changed" by David G. Myers, Perspectives, June-July, 1999. (Read)
  
• "How Homosexuals Fight" by Lynn Vincent; "…And How to Fight Back" by Roy Maynard; "Tossing the Last Taboo: Psychologists hail the benefits of pederasty" by Gene Edward Veith; "Who is a Widow?" by Marvin Olasky, World, April 10, 1999 (Read)
  
• "Are You Tolerant? (Should You Be?)" by Daniel Taylor, Christianity Today, January 11, 1999. "When Clients Seek Treatment for Same-Sex Attraction: Ethical Issues in the ‘Right to Choose’ Debate" by Mark A. Yarhouse, Psychotherapy, Summer 1998. (Read)
  
• Not Afraid to Change:  The remarkable story of how one man overcame homosexuality by John Paulk with Tony Marco (Winepress, 1998), 252 pp. (Read)
  
• "Oscar & Ellen" by Calvin Miller; "The DeGeneres Degeneration" by R. Albert Mohler, Jr.; "Freedom from Homosexuality" by Linda Joyce Zygiel,  SBC LIFE, August 1997. (Read)
  
• "One on One" by Dan Woog, "Bedtime Story" by Anne Stockwell, "Meditations on Monogamy" (an interview with Deepak Chopra) by Judy Wieder, "High Fidelity" (an excerpt from a book by Eric Marcus), "Hip to be Square" by David Heitz, "The Other M Word" by John Gallagher, "What Century is this Anyway?" by Edmund White, The Advocate, June 23, 1998.  (Read)
  
• Our Families, Our Values: Snapshots of Queer Kinship edited by Robert E. Goss and Amy Adams Squire Strongheart (Harrington Park, 1997), 290 pp. (Read)
  
• "The Bible Condemned Usurers, Too" by John Corvino, The Harvard Gay and Lesbian Review, Fall 1996; "My Absolutely Inappropriate Religious Bias" by John Suk, The Banner, July 29, 1996; "Homosexuality Gets on Our Agenda" by John Suk, The Banner, April 14, 1996; "If You’re Offended by What We Print, Read On" by Harvey A. Smit, The Banner, March 4, 1996. (Read)
  
• "Revelation and Homosexual Experience: What Would John Wesley have said about this Debate in the Church?" by Don Thorsen. Christianity Today, November 11, 1996. (Read)
  
• Erotic Justice: A liberating ethic of sexuality by Marvin M. Ellison (Westminster John Knox, 1996, 142 pp.) (Read)
  
• "When We Interpret Scripture Differently" by Roberta Hestenes. reNEWS, October 1996. (Read)
  

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