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BOOK SUGGESTIONS
Book suggestions from the Life on Side B cohost team.
Remember that this is not an exhaustive list of books on faith, sexuality, and gender and that most of the books listed here (unless otherwise stated) come from a Side B perspective.
MEMOIRS
Washed and Waiting
Wesley Hill
Gay and Catholic
Eve Tushnet
A War of Loves
David Bennett
Single Gay Christian
Greg Coles
Born Again This Way
Rachel Gilson
THEOLOGY
All But Invisible
Nate Collins
People to be Loved
Preston Sprinkle
Redeeming Sex
Debra Hirsch
Is God Anti-Gay?
Sam Allberry
COMMUNITY
Spiritual Friendships
Wesley Hill
An Impossible Marriage
Laurie Krieg
No Longer Strangers
Gregory Coles
Messy Truth
Caleb Kaltenbach
PASTORAL CARE
Guiding Families of LGBT+ Loved Ones
Bill Henson
Still Time to Care
Greg Johnson
Heavy Burdens
Bridget Eileen Rivera
Leading a Church in Time of Sexual Questioning
Bruce Miller
Costly Obedience
Mark Yarhouse
Messy Grace
Caleb Kaltenbach
GENDER
Understanding Gender Dysphoria
Mark Yarhouse
Emerging Gender Identities
Mark Yarhouse and Julia Sadusky
Embodied
Preston Sprinkle
SPIRITUAL FORMATION
Tenderness: A Gay Christian’s Guide to Unlearning Rejection and Experiencing God’s Extravagant Love
Eve Tushnet
Spiritual Formation: Following the Movements of the Spirit
Henri Nouwen
POETRY & NOVELS
Punishment
Eve Tushnet
Birds, Bees, and Me: Songs of Praise and Lament by a Gay Christian
Collin Brice
OTHER NOTABLE BOOKS
Us Versus Us
Andrew Marin
Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs.-Christians Debate
Justin Lee
Gay Girl, Good God
Jackie Hill Perry
Does Jesus Really Love Me?
Jeff Chu
The Velvet Rage
Alan Downs
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