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Books By The Reverend Elder Troy Perry

Title: Lord Is My Shepherd and He Knows I'm Gay : The Autobiography of the Reverend Troy D. Perry
Author: Troy D. Perry
Info: Availability: This title is out of print, but if you place an order we may be able to find you a used copy within 1-3 months. Published by Liberty Pr Publication date: June 1987
Synopsis:
Roam'n Church: As a proud member of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches perhaps I'm biased, but this is one of the most moving, deeply honest books I've ever read! Regardless of one's sexual orientation, this book makes it profoundly clear that God truly is our eternally loving shepherd, companion and friend. It should be noted that Rev. Perry wrote this book many years ago and that today he always writes in inclusive lanquage.

Title: Don't Be Afraid Anymore : The Story of Reverend Troy Perry and the Metropolitan Community Churches
Author: Troy D., Rev. Perry, Thomas L.P. Swicegood
Info: Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days. Reprint Edition Paperback Published by St. Martin's Press Publication date: March 1, 1992 Dimensions (in inches): 8.26 x 5.53 x 1.01

Title: Profiles in Gay & Lesbian Courage (Stonewall Inn Editions)
Author: Troy D., Rev. Perry, Thomas L. Swicegood
Info: Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days. Reprint Edition Paperback, 246 pages Published by St. Martin's Press Publication date: November 1, 1992 Dimensions (in inches): 8.22 x 5.47 x .69

Title: The Lord is my shepherd and he knows I'm gay; the autobiography of the Rev. Troy D. Perry, as told to Charles L. Lucas
Author: Troy D. Perry
Info: Availability: This title is out of print, but if you place an order we may be able to find you a used copy within 1-3 months. Published by Nash Pub.

Title: Profiles in Gay and Lesbian Courage
Author: Troy D. Perry, Thomas L.P. Swicegood
Info: Availability: This title is out of print, but if you place an order we may be able tofind you a used copy within 1-3 months. Published by St Martins Pr (Short) Publication date: October 1991

Title: Stranger at the Gate : To Be Gay and Christian in America
Author: Mel White
Info: Availability: This title usually ships within 24 hours. Reprint Edition Paperback, 347 pages Published by Plume Publication date: April 1, 1995
Synopsis:
Amazon.com: As seen on 60 Minutes. Until Christmas Eve 1991, Mel White was regarded by the leaders of the religious right as one of their most talented and productive supporters. He penned speeches for Ollie North, was a ghostwriter for Jerry Falwell, worked with Jim Bakker. What they didn't know is that Mel White--evangelical minister, committed Christian, family man--is gay. In this book, White details his twenty-five years of being counseled, exorcised, electric-shocked, prayed for, and nearly driven to suicide because his church said homosexuality was wrong. His salvation--to be openly gay and Christian--is much more than a unique coming-out story.
Roam'n Church: Mel White is well known to us at the Roam'n Church (and at Lavender Road MCC). The Roam'n Church gives its highest recommendation to this book and its author.

Title: Stranger at the Gate: to Be Gay and Christian in America/Audio Cassette
Author: Mel White
Info: Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days. Audio csst Edition Audio Cassette Published by Simon & Schuster (Audio) Publication date: May 1, 1994
Synopsis:
Amazon.com: As seen on 60 Minutes. Until Christmas Eve 1991, Mel White was regarded by the leaders of the religious right as one of their most talented and productive supporters. He penned speeches for Ollie North, was a ghostwriter for Jerry Falwell, worked with Jim Bakker. What they didn't know is that Mel White--evangelical minister, committed Christian, family man--is gay. In this book, White details his twenty-five years of being counseled, exorcised, electric-shocked, prayed for, and nearly driven to suicide because his church said homosexuality was wrong. His salvation--to be openly gay and Christian--is much more than a unique coming-out story.
Roam'n Church:

Mel White is well known to us at the Roam'n Church (and at Lavender Road MCC). The Roam'n Church gives its highest recommendation to this book and its author.

Title: Coming Out to God : Prayers for Lesbians and Gay Men, Their Families and Friends
Author:Chris Glaser
Info: 1st Ed. Paperback, 168 pages Published by Westminster John Knox Pr Publication date: June 1991
Synopsis:
From a Review: "In this collection of sixty prayers . . . Chris Glaser opens new vistas to us in prayer, discipleship, and the relationship between spirituality and sexuality. . . . This book is a classic in devotional literature which one will return to again and again."--Merrill M. Follansbee, co-founder of the Sacramento chapter of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays.

Title: Congregations in Conflict : The Battle over Homosexuality
Author: Keith Hartman
Info: Hardcover, 225 pages Published by Rutgers Univ Press Publication date: January 1, 1996
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Title: The Essential Gay Mystics (Essential Series)
Author: Andrew Harvey (Editor)
Info: Hardcover, 256 pages Published by Harpercollins Publication date: May 1, 1997
Synopsis:
From a Review: From the love poetry of Michelangelo to Alan Ginsberg's ecstatic moment reading Blake's "Ah, Sunflower, " this volume collects the different mystical testimonies of homosexual men and women throughout the centuries. Poet, writer, and mystic Andrew Harvey has brought together traditionally celebrated mystics, artists, writers and thinkers of the modern era whose works reflect the mystical experience. 2 cassettes.

Title: The Gay Kama Sutra
Author: Colin Spencer
Info: Hardcover, 192 pages Published by St Martins Pr (Trade) Publication date: September 1,1997
Synopsis:
From a Review: This lavishly illustrated gift book is the first Kama Sutra for gay readers--and a celebration of the East's ancient tradition of spiritual sexuality. Each chapter is based on different lessons from the Kama Sutra, with sexual wisdom in a contemporary gay context. 100 full-color and b&w illustrations. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Title: Unrepentant, Self-Affirming, Practicing : Lesbian/Bisexual/Gay People Within Organized Religion
Author: Gary David Comstock
Info: Hardcover Published by Continuum Pub GroupPublication date: May 1, 1996
Synopsis:
From a Review: Based on twenty-seven recent empirical studies of gay people in organized religion and another ten "religion-related" studies, Unrepentant, Self-Affirming, Practicing provides the most comprehensive examination to date of the place of gay people within religious communities.

Title: Aids, God, and Faith : Continuing the Dialogue on Constructing Gay Theology
Author: Ronald E. Long, J. Michael Clark
Info: Paperback Published by Monument Press Publication date: July 1992

Title: Constructing Gay Theology : Proceedings of the Gay Men's Issues in Religion Consultation of the AmericanAcademy of Religion, Fall 1989 (Gay Men's Is)
Author: Michael L. Stemmeler, J. Michael Clark
Info: Paperback Published by Monument Press Publication date: January 1991

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