Articles & Papers

The CLGS Resource Library makes available articles and papers on topics relevant to LGBT studies in religion and ministry. The full text of each article is available through both our topic index and author index.

Our collection includes many articles that originally appeared in the journal, Open Hands, published by the Reconciling Ministries Network from 1986 to 2002. In addition to appearing alongside other articles in the title and author indexes, the Open Hands articles are also accessible through our Open Hands issue index.

Recently Posted Articles and Papers

May 2006:
New Article from The Rev. Jay Emerson Johnson, PhD - GAY AND CHRISTIAN SoulForce Equality Ride Forum at Wheaton College.

November 2005:
Two articles from the Open Hands issue Vol. 11, No. 4 (Spring 1996) on the topic of: Conflict.

October 2005:
Articles from the Open Hands issues, Vol. 11, No. 2 (Fall 1995), Vol. 11, No. 3 (Winter 1996) and Vol. 11, No. 4 (Spring 1996) on the topics including:
Conflict, Diversity, Evangelical Christianity, Liturgy and Worship, Oppression, and Welcoming Christianity, Welcoming Churches.

October 2005:
New sermon, How Should Lesbian and Gay Catholics Respond to the Hierarchy's Decision to Bar Gays from the Seminaries and the Priesthood? , by John McNeill.

July 2005:
New article, Black Queers can't "Leave it to Beaver", by Rev. Irene Monroe on the "Souls a' Fire 2" conference.

March 2005:
New article, Why Do They Hate Us So Much? [PDF], by David Kundtz on the topic of creative responses to Exclusion.

Article Topics at a Glance

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