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HOMOSEXUALITY
Gay clergy: the state of the debate
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THE NORTHEAST
• Margaret
A. Farley is a professor of Christian ethics at Yale Divinity School in New
Haven, Conn. She is Catholic and has written widely about Christian sexual ethics.
Contact 203-432-5355, margaret.farley@yale.edu.
• Wendy
Cadge is a Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy Research at Harvard
University in Cambridge, Mass. She has written widely about homosexuality and
Christianity, especially as it pertains to mainline Protestantism. In fall 2006
Cadge will join the sociology department at Brandeis University. Until then
she can be contacted at 617-496-6219, wcadge@rwj.harvard.edu.
• Bernadette
J. Brooten is a professor of Christian studies in the department of Near Eastern
and Judaic studies at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass. She is an expert
in the history of sexuality in the Bible and is author of Love Between Women:
Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism (The University of Chicago
Press, 1996). Contact 781-736-2978, brooten@brandeis.edu.
• Catherine
Clark Kroeger is an adjunct teacher of classical and ministry studies at Gordon-Conwell
Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Mass. She specializes in issues of sexuality
and biblical ethics. Contact 978-468-7111.
IN
THE EAST
•
Robert A.J. Gagnon is an associate professor of New Testament at Pittsburgh
Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, Pa. His expertise is in sexual teachings
in the Bible, with a focus on homosexuality. Contact 412-441-3304 ext. 2205,
gagnon@pts.edu.
• The
Rev. David F. McAllister-Wilson is president of Wesley Theological Seminary
in Washington, D.C., a Methodist institution. He can be reached through the
main office at 202-885-8600, or president@wesleysem.edu.
• The
Rev. Paul Zahl is a professor of theology and dean of Trinity Episcopal School
for Ministry in Ambridge, Pa.. He opposes the ordination of sexually active
gay clergy. Contact through the main office at 724-266-3838.
IN
THE SOUTHEAST
•
Lesley Armstrong Northup is an associate professor of religious studies at Florida
International University in Miami. She wrote "Homosexuality in the Evolution
of American Christianity," a chapter in the volume Religion and Sexuality:
Passionate Debates, edited by C.K. Robertson (Peter Lang Publishing, 2005).
Contact 305-348-2956, northupl@fiu.edu.
• Mark
D. Jordan is a professor of religion at Emory University in Atlanta. He is a
well-known author of several books on homosexuality in Christianity, including
Blessing Same-Sex Unions: The Perils of Queer Romance and the Confusions
of Christian Marriage (University of Chicago Press, 2005). Contact 404-727-6002,
mjorda2@emory.edu.
• David
C. Steinmetz is a professor of the history of Christianity at Duke Divinity
School and an ordained Methodist minister. He has said that the debate over
gay ordination shows there are really two Methodist churches co-existing in
the denomination. Contact 919-660-3438, steinmtz@acpub.duke.edu.
IN
THE SOUTH
• Ben Witherington III is a professor of New Testament Interpretation at
Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Ky., and an elder in the Methodist Church.
Witherington calls himself an evangelical and has pressed for a clearer stand
by the UMC on gay issues. Contact 859-858-2329, or through his personal
web site.
• Charles
Eric Mount Jr. is an emeritus professor of the religion department at Centre
College in Danville, Ky., and an ordained Presbyterian minister. His expertise
is in community ethics and theology. Contact 859-238-5695, mounte@centre.edu.
IN
THE MIDWEST
• Horace L. Griffin is an assistant professor of pastoral theology at Seabury-Western
Theological Seminary in Evanston, Ill. He has written several scholarly articles
on theology and homosexuality. Contact 847-328-9300 ext. 50, h-griffin@seabury.edu.
• Stanton
L. Jones is provost and professor of psychology at Wheaton College and has written
on homosexuality and Christianity from an evangelical perspective. Contact 630-752-5503,
Stanton.Jones@wheaton.edu.
• The
Rev. Roland Martinson is a professor of children, youth and family ministry
at the Leadership Program of Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minn. He is an expert
in issues of human sexuality and church ethics. Contact 651-641-3207, rmartins@luthersem.edu.
IN
THE SOUTHWEST
• William B. Lawrence is dean of the Perkins School of Theology at Southern
Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, one of 13 theological schools of the
United Methodist Church. He is an ordained elder and has expressed concern that
the debates over homosexuality could lead to lasting schisms. Contact 214-768-2534,
wblawren@smu.edu.
• Mark
Lowery is an associate professor of theology at the University of Dallas, an
independent Catholic school in Irving, Texas. Lowery has written extensively
on the traditional Christian view of sexuality. Contact 972-721-5357, lowery@udallas.edu.
• The
Rev. William K. McElvaney is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church,
a former seminary professor at Perkins School of Theology and former president
of St. Paul School of Theology in Kansas City, Mo. He has been a leading voice
on issues of social justice throughout his ministry and supports gay ordination.
Read "Why
should the church allow ordination of gay men and lesbians?" a chapter
he wrote for the book
Finishing the Journey: Questions and Answers From United Methodists of Conviction.
Contact him in Dallas at 972-233-6146.
IN
THE WEST/NORTHWEST
• James K. Wellman Jr. is an assistant professor of comparative
religion at the University of Washington in Seattle. He has written on homosexuality
in American churches and the question of gay ordination. Contact 206-543-0339,
jwellman@u.washington.edu.
• Melissa
M. Wilcox is an assistant professor of religion at Whitman College in Walla
Walla, Wash. Her writing and research focus on the interplay of Christianity,
homosexuality and identity. Contact 509-527-5247, wilcoxmm@whitman.edu.
• Daniel
T. Spencer is an assistant professor of liberal studies at the University of
Montana in Missoula, Mont. He has written widely about homosexuality and Christianity.
Contact 406-243-6111, daniel.spencer@umontana.edu.
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