UCC Coalition
The UCC Coalition for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Concerns advocates for full inclusion of LGBT people in church and society. Search a list of “open and affirming” congregations organized by state.
Category: Gender & sexuality
“The United Church of Christ & homosexuality”
Information on the UCC’s stands regarding homosexuality.
“Jesus may have been a hermaphrodite, claims academic”
A feminist theologian in England raised eyebrows, to say the least, when she claimed that Jesus may have been a hermaphrodite. In a paper titled “Intersex & Ontology, A Response to The Church, Women Bishops and Provision,” Susannah Cornwall argues that it is not possible to know “with any certainty” that Jesus did not suffer from […]
Karen Dubinsky
Karen Dubinsky is a professor of history of gender and sexuality, history of tourism, transnational/transracial adoption and the global politics of childhood at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario.
“Christian Hip-Hop: The Future of Christian Music?”
Read a Jan 5, 2012 Christian Post article about Christian hiphop, its growing popularity and some churches’ hesitancy to accept the genre with open arms.
“Rappers Are Raising Their Churches’ Roofs”
Read a Sept. 13, 2004 New York Times article about the developing relationship between hiphop and Christianity.
“How Christian Hip-Hop Could Call the American Church Back to the Gospel–and Hip-Hop Back to Its Roots”
Read an April 21, 2013 Christianity Today article about how Christian hiphop might be another form of evangelical marketing.
“Why Christian Hip Hop Is Not a Failure”
Read a April 29, 2008 Patheos article in response to “The Failure of Christian Hip Hop.”