Resources for OpenChristians. Online resources, podcasts, books, and more.

Many, many thanks to everyone in this community who helped compile this list of resources, especially u/themsc for the book recommendations and u/Aiming_For_The_Light for creating the table! Please feel free to submit additional recommendations to any of the mods. I plan to update this post regularly.

For threads on frequently asked questions, please see the FAQ.

Finding a Progressive Church

• Open and affirming church finder!

• Church clarity

• When you’re asking a pastor whether their church is LGBT-accepting or egalitarian, don't ask these questions.

Progressive-Friendly Denominations

The denominations below include many churches that are progressive on women's and LGBTQ issues, but be aware that every church is different. Look up individual churches on churchclarity.org, and ask lots of questions.

• The Episcopal Church

• Communities of Christ

• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

• United Church of Christ

• Metropolitan Community Churches

• The Presbyterian Church USA

• Chirstian Church / Disciples of Christ

• United Church of Canada

• Uniting Church in Australia

Online Resources:

Bible Study:

• The Bible Project

• Our Bible

Queer Theology and Gay / Lesbian / Bisexual Christians:

• Queer Theology

• The Queer Grace Encyclopedia

• Responding to the Clobber Passages

• Crumbs From the Communion Table: Justin Lee’s Blog

• Slacktivist: Fred Clark’s Blog

• Shannon T.L. Kearns, ordained priest and founder of Queer Theology

• James Martin, S.J.: We need to build a bridge between LGBT community and the Catholic Church. … And a video of a talk by James Martin on the same topic.

Transgender Christians:

• Transchristians.org

• [Biblical interpretation series from r/TransChristianity](https://www.reddit.com/r/TransChristianity/comments/3xzw78/introduction_rtranschristianitys_biblical/)

• Transgender and Christian Youtube playlist

Feminism and Christianity:

• Men, Women and Biblical Equality

• Why You Should Be a Christian Feminist

• Why Not Have a Woman Preach?

• Humility without Hierarchy: Mutual Submission in Marriage

• Who Was Junia?

Resources for Parents and Kids:

• Imaginative Prayer: A Yearlong Guide for Your Child's Spiritual Formation by Jared Patrick Boyd

• Spiritual Parent

Podcasts:

Theology and spirituality:

• The Bible for Normal People with Pete Enns and Jared Byas

• The Liturgists

• Ask Science Mike

• Mile High Theology

• The Magnificast

• LGBT Bible Podcast

• Queerology

• A Tiny Revolution

• On Being

• The Deconstructionists

• The Robcast with Rob Bell

• Two Feminists Annotate the Bible

• Nomad

• Sermons from Nadia Bolz Weber at the House for All Sinners and Saints

Just for Fun:

• Good Christian Fun

• Bad Christian

• You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes

Books:

Category	Author	Title	Good Reads Link
Gay and Lesbian issues:
Matthew Vines	God and the Gay Christian	Link
James Brownson	Bible, Gender, Sexuality	Link
Robert Shore-Goss	Jesus Acted Up	Link
Robert Shore-Goss	Queering Christ	Link
Kathy Rudy	Sex and the Church	Link
Justin Lee	Torn	Link
Jennifer Knapp	Facing the Music	Link
Vicky Beeching	Undivided	Link
Gene Robinson	God Believes in Love	Link
Mel White	Stranger at the Gate	Link
Trans issues:
Austen Hartke	Transforming	Link
Queer Theology:
Patrick S. Cheng	Radical Love	Link
Linn Marie Tonstad	Queer Theology	Link
Elizabeth M. Edman	Queer Virtue	Link
Marcella Althaus-Reid	Indecent Theology	Link
Editors: Kathleen T. Talvacchia, Mark Larrimore, Michael F. Pettinger	Queer Christianities	Link
Black and Womanist Theology:
James H. Cone	God of the Oppressed	Link
James H. Cone	The Cross and the Lynching Tree	Link
Wilda C. Gafney	Womanist Midrash	Link
Delores S. Williams	Sisters in the Wilderness	Link
Kelly Brown Douglas	Stand Your Ground	Link
Theologies of Disability:
Amos Yong	The Bible, Disability and the Church	Link
Nancy L. Eiesland	The Disabled God	Link
Feminist Theology:
Sarah Bessey	Jesus Feminist	Link
Rachel Held Evans	A Year of Biblical Womanhood	Link
Rosemary Radford Reuther	Sexism and God Talk	Link
Mary Daly	Beyond God the Father	Link
Elizabeth A. Johnson	She Who Is	Link
Sarah Coakley	God, Sexuality, and the Self	Link
Progressive Views of the Bible / Rejecting Biblical Literalism and Inerrancy:
Rob Bell	What Is the Bible?	Link
Peter Enns	The Bible Tells Me So	Link
John Shelby Spong	Biblical Literalism	Link
Rachel Held Evans	Inspired	Link
Progressive and Radical Theology (the nature of God, the afterlife, salvation, etc.):
Richard Rohr, Mike Morrell	The Divine Dance	Link
Peter Rollins	The Divine Magician	Link
Leonardo Boff, Clodovis Boff	Introducing Liberation Theology	Link
John Shelby Spong	Unbelievable	Link
Peter Enns	The Sin of Certainty	Link
Rob Bell	Love Wins	Link
Church, Community, and Ministry:
Nadia Bolz-Weber	Accidental Saints	Link
Rachel Held Evans	Searching for Sunday	Link
Jamie Wright	The Very Worst Missionary	Link
Sexuality and Relationships:
Nadia Bolz-Weber	Shameless	Link
Rob Bell	Sex God	Link
Linda Kay Klein	Pure	Link
Dale B. Martin	Sex and the Single Savior	Link
Healing and uplifting reads for progressive Christians:
Carol Howard Merritt	Healing Spiritual Wounds	Link
Nadia Bolz-Weber	Pastrix	Link
Rachel Held Evans	Faith Unraveled	Link
Sarah Bessey	Out of Sorts	Link
Richard Rohr	Everything Belongs	Link
Mike McHargue	Finding God in the Waves	Link
Lisa Gungor	The Most Beautiful Thing I've Seen	Link