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Bibliographical Resources for the Collaborative Reports

On LGBT, the Bible, and Catholicism

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Provance, Brett, “Romans 1:26–27 in Its Rhetorical Tradition“, in Christopher Crawford (ed.), Greco-Roman and Jewish Tributaries to the New Testament. Festschrift in Honor of Gregory J. Riley (Claremont, CA: Claremont Press, 2018), pp. 83-116.

Wells, Bruce, “‘On the Beds of a Woman’: The Leviticus texts on same-sex relations reconsidered“, in Hilary Lipka and B. Wells (eds.), Sexuality and Law in the Torah, The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies (London: Bloomsbury, 2020), pp. 123-58.

Unpublished articles whose text can be downloaded here:

Full reference bibliography on LGBT and Catholicism:

Ackerman, Susan. When Heroes Love: The Ambiguity of Eros in the Stories of Gilgamesh and David. Columbia University Press, 2005.

Alava, Henni. “Homosexuality, the Holy Family and a Failed Mass Wedding in Catholic Northern Uganda.” Critical African Studies 9, no. 1 (January 2, 2017): 32–51. https://doi.org/10.1080/21681392.2016.1245104.

Alexander, Denis. Genes, Determinism and God. Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Averett, Paige, Blace Nalavany, and Scott Ryan. “An Evaluation of Gay/Lesbian and Heterosexual Adoption.” Adoption Quarterly 12, no. 3–4 (2009): 129–151.

Ayoub, Phillip M. “With Arms Wide Shut: Threat Perception, Norm Reception, and Mobilized Resistance to LGBT Rights.” Journal of Human Rights 13, no. 3 (2014): 337–362.

Bailey, J. Michael, Paul L. Vasey, Lisa M. Diamond, S. Marc Breedlove, Eric Vilain, and Marc Epprecht. “Sexual Orientation, Controversy, and Science.” Psychological Science in the Public Interest 17, no. 2 (2016): 45–101.

Beckman, Gary. When Heroes Love: The Ambiguity of Eros in the Stories of Gilgamesh and David. JSTOR, 2008.

Blake, L., P. Casey, V. Jadva, and S. Golombok. “Marital Stability and Quality in Families Created by Assisted Reproduction Techniques: A Follow-up Study.” Reproductive Biomedicine Online 25, no. 7 (2012): 678–683.

Boysen, Guy A. “Biological Explanations and Stigmatizing Attitudes: Using Essentialism and Perceived Dangerousness to Predict Antistigma Intervention Effectiveness.” The Journal of Social Psychology 151, no. 3 (2011): 274–291.

Breedlove, S. Marc. “Prenatal Influences on Human Sexual Orientation: Expectations versus Data.” Archives of Sexual Behavior 46, no. 6 (2017): 1583–1592.

Caron, Gérald. “Paul Serait-Il Un Homophobe?: Romains 1, 26-27 à l’heure de l’herméneutique.” Laval Théologique et Philosophique 65, no. 3 (2009): 489–513.

Cheng, Simon, and Brian Powell. “Measurement, Methods, and Divergent Patterns: Reassessing the Effects of Same-Sex Parents.” Social Science Research 52 (July 1, 2015): 615–26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2015.04.005.

Colarusso, Michelle M. “The First Life Journey of Many: The Lived Experience of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning Individuals Who Were Raised Within the Catholic Church on Their Coming Out Process.” Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Duquesne University, 2017.

Cook, Christopher CH. “Science and Theology in Human Sexuality.” Theology & Sexuality, 2018, 1–17.

Cooke, Philip. “Queer and Flourishing: Understanding the Psychosocial Well-Being of Non-Heterosexual Men.” PhD Thesis, Marquette University, 2018.

Craig, Shelley L., Ashley Austin, Mariam Rashidi, and Marc Adams. “Fighting for Survival: The Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Students in Religious Colleges and Universities.” Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services 29, no. 1 (2017): 1–24.

Cullen, Simon. “When Do Circumstances Excuse? Moral Prejudices and Beliefs about the True Self Drive Preferences for Agency-Minimizing Explanations.” Cognition 180 (2018): 165–181.

Davies, Graham. “The Friendship of Jonathan and David.” In Studies on the Text and Versions of the Hebrew Bible in Honour of Robert Gordon, edited by Geoffrey Kahn and Diana Lipton, 149:65–76. Supplements to Vetus Testamentum. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2012.

Diamond, Lisa M. “Sexuality and Same-Sex Sexuality in Relationships.” APA Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology 3 (2015): 523–553.

Dupont, Wannes. “Opinie. Een Steriel Debat over (Homo) Seksualiteit.” Tijdschrift Voor Genderstudies 10, no. 4 (2007).

Erich, Stephen, Heather Kanenberg, Kim Case, Theresa Allen, and Takis Bogdanos. “An Empirical Analysis of Factors Affecting Adolescent Attachment in Adoptive Families with Homosexual and Straight Parents.” Children and Youth Services Review 31, no. 3 (2009): 398–404.

Fisher, Helen. Anatomy of Love: A Natural History of Mating, Marriage, and Why We Stray (Completely Revised and Updated with a New Introduction). WW Norton & Company, 2016.

Fitzgibbons, Richard P. “Growing up with Gay Parents: What Is the Big Deal?” The Linacre Quarterly 83, no. 2 (2016): 332–336.

Flaks, David K. “Gay and Lesbian Families: Judicial Assumptions, Scientific Realities.” Wm. & Mary Bill Rts. J. 3 (1994): 345.

Fleishman, Jane M. Coming of Age at the Time of Stonewall: Internalized Homophobia, Resilience, Sexual Communication, Relationship Satisfaction, and Sexual Satisfaction in Aging Adults’ Same-Sex Relationships. Widener University, 2016.

Fleming, Erin. “The Politics of Sexuality in the Story of King David,” 2013.

Fleming, Erin E. “Political Favoritism in Saul’s Court: נעם, חפץ, and the Relationship between David and Jonathan.” Journal of Biblical Literature 135, no. 1 (2016): 19–34.

Flessen, Bonnie J. An Exemplary Man: Cornelius and Characterization in Acts 10. Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2011.

Fond, G., N. Franc, and D. Purper-Ouakil. “Homosexual Parenthood and Child Development: Present Data.” L’Encephale 38, no. 1 (2012): 10–15.

Foster, Benjamin R. When Heroes Love: The Ambiguity of Eros in the Stories of Gilgamesh and David. JSTOR, 2005.

Frias-Navarro, Dolores, Hector Monterde-i-Bort, Marcos Pascual-Soler, and Laura Badenes-Ribera. “Etiology of Homosexuality and Attitudes toward Same-Sex Parenting: A Randomized Study.” The Journal of Sex Research 52, no. 2 (2015): 151–161.

Garretson, Jeremiah, and Elizabeth Suhay. “How Motivated Reception of Scientific Communication Polarizes the Public: Biological Attributions for Homosexuality and the Politics of Gay Rights.” Manuscrito No Publicado, 2014.

———. “Scientific Communication about Biological Influences on Homosexuality and the Politics of Gay Rights.” Political Research Quarterly 69, no. 1 (2016): 17–29.

———. “The Influence of ‘Born Gay’ Media Messages on Public Opinion: Politicized Science, Motivated Reasoning, and Ideological Polarization,” n.d.

Golombok, Susan, Lucy Blake, Polly Casey, Gabriela Roman, and Vasanti Jadva. “Children Born through Reproductive Donation: A Longitudinal Study of Psychological Adjustment.” Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 54, no. 6 (2013): 653–660.

Golombok, Susan, Lucy Blake, Jenna Slutsky, Elizabeth Raffanello, Gabriela D. Roman, and Anke Ehrhardt. “Parenting and the Adjustment of Children Born to Gay Fathers through Surrogacy.” Child Development, 2017.

Golombok, Susan, Elena Ilioi, Lucy Blake, Gabriela Roman, and Vasanti Jadva. “A Longitudinal Study of Families Formed through Reproductive Donation: Parent-Adolescent Relationships and Adolescent Adjustment at Age 14.” Developmental Psychology 53, no. 10 (2017): 1966.

Golombok, Susan, and Fiona Tasker. “Children in Lesbian and Gay Families: Theories and Evidence.” Annual Review of Sex Research 5, no. 1 (1994): 73–100.

———. “Do Parents Influence the Sexual Orientation of Their Children? Findings from a Longitudinal Study of Lesbian Families.” Developmental Psychology 32, no. 1 (1996): 3.

Harding, James E. The Love of David and Jonathan: Ideology, Text, Reception. Routledge, 2016.

Hasbany, Richard L. Homosexuality and Religion. Routledge, 2013.

Heacock, Anthony. “Wrongly Framed? The ‘David and Jonathan Narrative’and the Writing of Biblical Homosexuality [Sic].” The Bible and Critical Theory 3, no. 2 (2011).

Heine, Steven J., Ilan Dar-Nimrod, Benjamin Y. Cheung, and Travis Proulx. “Essentially Biased: Why People Are Fatalistic about Genes.” In Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 55:137–192. Elsevier, 2017.

Helminiak, Daniel A. “Homosexuality in World Religions: A Case Study in the Psychology of Spirituality.” Journal of Individual Psychology 64, no. 2 (2008).

———. “Rejoinder to Debra Punton and Len Sperry on Helminiak’s (2008)” Homosexuality in World Religions: A Case Study in the Psychology of Spirituality.”.” Journal of Individual Psychology 64, no. 2 (2008).

Holmberg, Diane, and Karen L. Blair. “Sexual Desire, Communication, Satisfaction, and Preferences of Men and Women in Same-Sex versus Mixed-Sex Relationships.” Journal of Sex Research 46, no. 1 (2009): 57–66.

Horn, Stacey S., and Justin Heinze. “‘She Can’t Help It, She Was Born That Way’: Adolescents’ Beliefs about the Origins of Homosexuality and Sexual Prejudice.” Anales de Psicología/Annals of Psychology 27, no. 3 (2011): 688–697.

Huic, Aleksandra, Margareta Jelic, and Zeljka Kamenov. “Essentialist Beliefs About Homosexuality Predict Positive and Negative Behavioral Intentions Toward Lesbian Women and Gay Men.” Journal of Homosexuality, 2017, 1–25.

Hunt, Mary E. “Eradicating the Sin of Heterosexism.” Revista de Estudos Da Religião, no. 2 (2005): 58–70.

Iemmola, Francesca, and Andrea Camperio Ciani. “New Evidence of Genetic Factors Influencing Sexual Orientation in Men: Female Fecundity Increase in the Maternal Line.” Archives of Sexual Behavior 38, no. 3 (2009): 393–399.

Janice, Selekman. “Homosexuality in Children and/or Their Parents.” Pediatric Nursing 33, no. 5 (2007): 453–57.

Jannini, Emmanuele A., Ray Blanchard, Andrea Camperio-Ciani, and John Bancroft. “Male Homosexuality: Nature or Culture?” The Journal of Sexual Medicine 7, no. 10 (2010): 3245–3253.

Jannini, Emmanuele A., Andrea Burri, Patrick Jern, and Giuseppe Novelli. “Genetics of Human Sexual Behavior: Where We Are, Where We Are Going.” Sexual Medicine Reviews 3, no. 2 (2015): 65–77.

John, Jeffrey. Permanent, Faithful, Stable: Christian Same Sex Marriage. Andrews UK Limited, 2013.

Jordan, Mark D. The Silence of Sodom: Homosexuality in Modern Catholicism. University of Chicago Press, 2000.

Khaleque, Abdul. Intimate Relationships Across the Lifespan: Formation, Development, Enrichment, and Maintenance. ABC-CLIO, 2018.

Kleine, Todd D. “Intersecting Identities: The Lived Experiences of Gay, Male Catholic College & University Alumni.” PhD Thesis, DePaul University, 2018.

Leung, Patrick, Stephen Erich, and Heather Kanenberg. “A Comparison of Family Functioning in Gay/Lesbian, Heterosexual and Special Needs Adoptions.” Children and Youth Services Review 27, no. 9 (2005): 1031–1044.

LeVay, Simon. Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why: The Science of Sexual Orientation. Second. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016.

———. Queer Science: The Use and Abuse of Research into Homosexuality. The MIT Press, 1996. http://doi.apa.org/psycinfo/1996-97909-000.

Locke, Kenneth A. “The Bible on Homosexuality: Exploring Its Meaning and Authority.” Journal of Homosexuality 48, no. 2 (2005): 125–156.

Longo, Joseph, N. Eugene Walls, and Hope Wisneski. “Religion and Religiosity: Protective or Harmful Factors for Sexual Minority Youth?” Mental Health, Religion & Culture 16, no. 3 (2013): 273–290.

Loughlin, Gerard. “Gender Ideology: For a ‘third Sex’ without Reserve.” Studies in Christian Ethics, 2018.

Lynch, Kate E., James S. Morandini, Ilan Dar-Nimrod, and Paul E. Griffiths. “Causal Reasoning About Human Behavior Genetics: Synthesis and Future Directions.” Behavior Genetics, 2018, 1–14.

MacCallum, Fiona, and Susan Golombok. “Children Raised in Fatherless Families from Infancy: A Follow-up of Children of Lesbian and Single Heterosexual Mothers at Early Adolescence.” Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 45, no. 8 (2004): 1407–1419.

Maher, Michael J. “Openly Addressing the Reality: Homosexuality and Catholic Seminary Policies.” Religion and Education 29, no. 2 (2002): 49–68.

Mansager, Erik. “Affirming Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals.” Journal of Individual Psychology 64, no. 2 (2008).

Mayer, Lawrence S., and Paul R. McHugh. “Sexuality and Gender: Findings from the Biological, Psychological, and Social Sciences.” The New Atlantis, 2016, 10–143.

Miscall, Peter D. “When Heroes Love: The Ambiguity of Eros in the Stories of Gilgamesh and David.” The Catholic Biblical Quarterly 68, no. 2 (2006): 293.

Mondimore, Francis Mark. A Natural History of Homosexuality. JHU Press, 2010.

Moon, Dawne. “Beyond the Dichotomy: Six Religious Views of Homosexuality.” Journal of Homosexuality 61, no. 9 (2014): 1215–1241.

Moore, Gareth. “Nature and Sexual Differences.” New Blackfriars 75, no. 878 (1994): 52–64.

Musick, Marc A. “A Review of Methodological and Ethical Issues Surrounding the New Family Structures Study,” 2014.

Nardelli, Jean-Fabrice. Homosexuality and Liminality in the Gilgames and Samuel. Vol. 64. AM Hakkert, 2007.

Ngun, Tuck C., Negar Ghahramani, Francisco J. Sánchez, Sven Bocklandt, and Eric Vilain. “The Genetics of Sex Differences in Brain and Behavior.” Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology 32, no. 2 (2011): 227–246.

Nissinen, Martti. Homoeroticism in the Biblical World: A Historical Perspective. Fortress Press, 2004.

———. When Heroes Love: The Ambiguity of Eros in the Stories of Gilgamesh and David. JSTOR, 2007.

O’connor, Cliodhna. “‘Appeals to Nature’in Marriage Equality Debates: A Content Analysis of Newspaper and Social Media Discourse.” British Journal of Social Psychology 56, no. 3 (2017): 493–514.

Ogilvie, Matthew. “Catholicism and Same Sex Marriage.” Australian EJournal of Theology 5, no. 1 (2005).

Okpara, Theophilus T. “Religious Beliefs and Counseling Ethical Guidelines: Challenges for Catholic Counselors.” PhD dissertation, Walden University, 2017.

Otis, Melanie D., Sharon S. Rostosky, Ellen DB Riggle, and Rebecca Hamrin. “Stress and Relationship Quality in Same-Sex Couples.” Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 23, no. 1 (2006): 81–99.

Overby, L. Marvin. “Etiology and Attitudes: Beliefs about the Origins of Homosexuality and Their Implications for Public Policy.” Journal of Homosexuality 61, no. 4 (2014): 568–587.

Paine, Emily Allen, Debra Umberson, and Corinne Reczek. “Sex in Midlife: Women’s Sexual Experiences in Lesbian and Straight Marriages.” Journal of Marriage and Family, 2018.

Pennings, Guido. “Evaluating the Welfare of the Child in Same-Sex Families.” Human Reproduction 26, no. 7 (2011): 1609–1615.

Pereira, Annelyse, Cicero Roberto Pereira, and Maria Benedicta Monteiro. “Normative Pressure to Reduce Prejudice against Homosexuals: The Buffering Role of Beliefs about the Nature of Homosexuality.” Personality and Individual Differences 96 (2016): 88–99.

Perrin, Andrew J., Philip N. Cohen, and Neal Caren. “Are Children of Parents Who Had Same-Sex Relationships Disadvantaged? A Scientific Evaluation of the No-Differences Hypothesis.” Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health 17, no. 3 (2013): 327–336.

Pietkiewicz, Igor J., and Monika Kołodziejczyk-Skrzype. “Living in Sin? How Gay Catholics Manage Their Conflicting Sexual and Religious Identities.” Archives of Sexual Behavior 45, no. 6 (2016): 1573–1585.

Punton, Debra. “Homosexuality in the Psychology of Spirituality: Comment on” Homosexuality in World Religions” from a Catholic-Adlerian Perspective.” Journal of Individual Psychology 64, no. 2 (2008).

Rekers, George, and Mark Kilgus. “Studies of Homosexual Parenting: A Critical Review.” Regent UL Rev. 14 (2001): 343.

Rice, George, Carol Anderson, Neil Risch, and George Ebers. “Male Homosexuality: Absence of Linkage to Microsatellite Markers at Xq28.” Science 284, no. 5414 (1999): 665–667.

Ritter, Lacey J., Hannah R. Morris, and David Knox. “Who’s Getting the Best Sex? A Comparison by Sexual Orientation.” Sexuality & Culture, 2018, 1–24.

Ross, Joellyn L. “Challenging Boundaries: An Adolescent in a Homosexual Family.” Journal of Family Psychology 2, no. 2 (1988): 227.

Royal College of Psychiatrists. “Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Statement on Sexual Orientation.” Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2014.

Ryan, Conrad. “The Lure of the Gay Gene.” The Gay & Lesbian Review, 2016, 25–28.

Saddington, Denis B. “The Centurion in Matthew 8: 5-13: Consideration of the Proposal of Theodore W. Jennings, Jr., and Tat-Siong Benny Liew.” Journal of Biblical Literature 125, no. 1 (2006): 140–142.

Saldeen, Ake. “The Children’s Ombudsman, Adoption by Homosexual Partners and Assisted Reproduction.” Int’l Surv. Fam. L., 2004, 439.

Sanders, A. R., E. R. Martin, G. W. Beecham, S. Guo, K. Dawood, G. Rieger, J. A. Badner, et al. “Genome-Wide Scan Demonstrates Significant Linkage for Male Sexual Orientation.” Psychological Medicine 45, no. 7 (2015): 1379–1388. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291714002451.

Scott, Shelby B., Lane Ritchie, Kayla Knopp, Galena K. Rhoades, and Howard J. Markman. “Sexuality Within Female Same-Gender Couples: Definitions of Sex, Sexual Frequency Norms, and Factors Associated with Sexual Satisfaction.” Archives of Sexual Behavior 47, no. 3 (2018): 681–692.

Sheldon, Jane P., Carla A. Pfeffer, Toby Epstein Jayaratne, Merle Feldbaum, and Eizabeth M. Petty. “Beliefs about the Etiology of Homosexuality and about the Ramifications of Discovering Its Possible Genetic Origin.” Journal of Homosexuality 52, no. 3–4 (2007): 111–150.

Sherkat, Darren E. “The Editorial Process and Politicized Scholarship: Monday Morning Editorial Quarterbacking and a Call for Scientific Vigilance.” Social Science Research 41, no. 6 (2012): 1346–1349.

Smith, Sara J., Danielle C. Zanotti, Amber M. Axelton, and Donald A. Saucier. “Individuals’ Beliefs about the Etiology of Same-Sex Sexual Orientation.” Journal of Homosexuality 58, no. 8 (2011): 1110–1131.

Sperry, Len. “The Psychologization of Spirituality: A Compelling Case for It Has Yet to Be Made.” Journal of Individual Psychology 64, no. 2 (2008).

Stone, Ken. “Homosexuality and the Bible or Queer Reading? A Response to Martti Nissinen.” Theology & Sexuality 7, no. 14 (2001): 107–118.

Studies on the Text and Versions of the Hebrew Bible in Honour of Robert Gordon. BRILL, 2011. https://brill.com/view/title/16810.

Suhay, Elizabeth, and Toby Epstein Jayaratne. “Does Biology Justify Ideology? The Politics of Genetic Attribution.” Public Opinion Quarterly 77, no. 2 (2012): 497–521.

———. “When Does Biology Justify Ideology? Political Ideology and the ‘Nature v. Nurture’Debate.” Unpublished Manuscript, Lafayette College, 2012.

Tasker, Fiona, and Julia Granville. “Children’s Views of Family Relationships in Lesbian-Led Families.” Journal of GLBT Family Studies 7, no. 1–2 (2011): 182–199.

Todosijevic, Jelica, Esther D. Rothblum, and Sondra E. Solomon. “Relationship Satisfaction, Affectivity, and Gay-Specific Stressors in Same-Sex Couples Joined in Civil Unions.” Psychology of Women Quarterly 29, no. 2 (2005): 158–166.

Toensing, Holly Joan. “Women of Sodom and Gomorrah: Collateral Damage in the War against Homosexuality?” Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion 21, no. 2 (2005): 61–74.

Trappolin, Luca. “The Construction of Lesbian and Gay Parenthood in Sociological Research. A Critical Analysis of the International Literature.” Interdisciplinary Journal of Family Studies 21, no. 2 (2016).

Tyson, Kevin CR. “A Cultural Study of the David and Jonathan Relationship through the Ritual in 1 Samuel 18: 1-5.” PhD Thesis, Durham University, 2010.

Ward, Kevin. “The Role of the Anglican and Catholic Churches in Uganda in Public Discourse on Homosexuality and Ethics.” Journal of Eastern African Studies 9, no. 1 (January 2, 2015): 127–44. https://doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2014.987509.

Weiss, Eleanor E. “The Bible Unveiled: A Response to the Religious Right’s War on Same-Sex Marriage.” PhD Thesis, Georgetown University, 2014.

Whiteway, ELEANOR, and Denis R. Alexander. “Understanding the Causes of Same Sex Attraction.” Science and Christian Belief 27 (2015): 17–40.

Wilson, Stephen Michael. “The Male Coming-of-Age Theme in the Hebrew Bible,” 2013.

Wright, Jacob L. “Making a Name for Oneself: Martial Valor, Heroic Death, and Procreation in the Hebrew Bible.” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 36, no. 2 (2011): 131–162.

Zeichmann, Christopher B. “Rethinking the Gay Centurion: Sexual Exceptionalism, National Exceptionalism in Readings of Matthew 8: 5-13//Luke 7: 1-10.” The Bible and Critical Theory 11, no. 1 (2015).

Zrenchik, Kyle, and William J. Doherty. “Confiding in the GLBT Community About Problems in Marriage and Long-Term Committed Relationships: A Comparative Analysis.” Journal of GLBT Family Studies 13, no. 5 (2017): 459–477.

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