List of Useful Books

Christian books of importance:

• Living in Sin?  by John Shelby Spong; Harper and Row, 1990.
  This book, written by a bishop in the Episcopal church, is an excellent study of just what is wrong with the Christian Church's beliefs and rules about sexuality.
• Original Blessing, by Matthew Fox; Bear Press, 1983.
  Father Fox, a former Catholic priest, expresses in this book his philosophy that we are not born into original sin, but rather into original blessing -- an attitude with which we heartily agree.
• The Poisoning of Eros, by Raymond Laurence, Jr.; Augustine Moore Press, 1989.
  This is a history of the way the Christian Church has transformed culture’s view of the erotic from one of joy to one of fear, anger, and retribution.
• Sexual Intimacy, Love and Play, by Andrew M. Greely; Warner Books, 1973, 1975.
  Father Greely is a Catholic priest whose attitudes towards sex and sexuality are positive. This book, a combination of two earlier books, is a description of his ideas in this area.
• Situational Ethics, by Joseph Fletcher; Westminster Press, 1966.
  This book by a Christian theologian expresses the (then) radical concept that the rules guiding our behavior are not carved in stone, but rather are dependent on the situations which cause the behavior.