Suggestions from speakers to the 2017 Theological Conference
Rev. Dr. Todd Biermann
Biermann, Todd A. Handing Out Life. San Antonio, TX: Halo Publishing, 2016.
Hays, Richard. “Awaiting the Redemption of Our Bodies.” (Duke Divinity School). A valuable article on the Christian approach to homosexuality as contained in Homosexuality in the Church: Both Sides of the Debate Edited by Jeffrey S. Siker. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1994.
Rev. Dr. Mark Seifrid
Gagnon, Robert A. J. The Bible and Homosexual Practice: Texts and Hermeneutics. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2001.
Hill, Wesley. Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2010.
Sprinkle, Preston (ed.). Two Views on Homosexuality, the Bible, and the Church. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2016.
Yarhouse, Mark A. Homosexuality and the Christian: A Guide for Parents, Pastors, and Friends. Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House, 2010.
Rev. John Pless
Bayer, Oswald. “The Protestant Understanding of Marriage and Family” (pp. 156–168), “Luther’s View of Marriage” (pp. 169–182), “Freedom and Law in Marriage” (pp. 183–205) in Freedom in Response-Lutheran Ethics: Sources and Controversies,trans. J.F. Cayzer. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
Benne, Robert. 2005. “Sexual Ethics” (pp. 259–279) in Reasonable Ethics. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2005.
Dunnam, Maxie and Malony, H. Newton (editors). Staying the Course: Supporting the Church’s Position on Homosexuality. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2003.
Gagnon, Robert. The Bible and Homosexual Practice: Texts and Contexts. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2001.
Mollerup, Victor. “The Challenge to Faithful Ministry in a Sexually Permissive Society” (pp. 39–53) in The Jasper Commission. New Delhi, New York: The American Lutheran Publicity Bureau, 2009.
Nestingen, James. “Luther on Marriage, Vocation and the Cross.” Word & World (Winter 2003), 31–39.
Nestingen, James. “Ministry to the Sexually Conflicted” in The Jasper Report. New Delhi, New York: The American Lutheran Publicity Bureau, 2009.
Peters, Albrecht. Ten Commandments: Commentary on Luther’s Catechisms, transl. Holger Sonntag. Saint Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2009.
Pless, John T. A Small Catechism on Human Life. Saint Louis: The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, 2006.
Pless, John T. “The Use and Misuse of Luther in Contemporary Debates on Homosexuality” Lutheran Forum (Summer 2005), 50–57.
Rueger, Matthew. Sexual Morality in a Christless World. Saint Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2016.
Slenczka, Reinhard. “When the Church Ceases to be the Church” (pp. 37–50) in The Banff Commission. Delhi, New York: The American Lutheran Publicity Bureau, 2008.
Strommen, Merton P. The Church & Homosexuality: Searching for a Middle Ground. Minneapolis: Kirk House Publishers, 2001.
Dr. Angus Menuge
George, Robert P. 2013. Conscience and Its Enemies: Confronting the Dogmas of Liberal Secularism. Wilmington, DE: ISI Books.
Jastram, Nathan. 2004. “Man as Male and Female: Created in the Image of God,” Concordia Theological Quarterly Volume 68 (1): 5–96.
Menuge, Angus. 2012. “The Christian and Culture: Marriage and the Two Kingdoms,” Concordia Theological Journal, online version.
_____. (ed.). 2013. Legitimizing Human Rights: Secular and Religious Perspectives. Farnham, UK: Ashgate Publishing.
_____. 2016. “Human Flourishing and the Myth of Religious Neutrality,” Christian Research Journal 39 (2): 26–33.
_____. 2017. Religious Liberty and the Law: Theistic and Non-Theistic Perspectives. Milton Park: Routledge.
Montgomery, John Warwick. 1986. Human Rights and Human Dignity. Dallas, TX: Probe Books.
_____. 2015. The Law Above the Law. Irvine, CA: New Reformation Press.
Moreland, J.P. 2009. The Recalcitrant Imago Dei: Human Persons and the Failure of Naturalism. London: SCM Press.
Obergefell v. Hodges 576 U. S. ____ (2015). Available here. This contains a summary syllabus, the court’s 5-4 decision, and the dissents by Chief Justice Roberts, Justice Antonin Scalia, Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Samuel Alito.
Richardson, Valerie. 2011. “Same-sex Marriages Give Polygamy a Legal Boost.” Washington Times, March 20. Available here.
Sowell, Thomas. 2007. Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles. Rev. Ed. New York: Basic Books, 2007.
Stanton, Glenn and Bill Maier. 2004. Marriage on Trial: The Case Against Same-Sex Marriage and Parenting. Downers Grove, IL: IVP.
Veith, Gene Edward Jr. and Mary Moerbe. 2012. Family Vocation: God’s Calling in Marriage, Parenting, and Childhood. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books.