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1 Sexuality and Christianity MCC Online Course, Fall 2012 Instructor Rev. Chris Glaser, M.Div. Dates Nov 1, 8, 15, 29, & Dec 6 (No class on Nov 22, Thanksgiving) 8:00-10 pm ET Five Thursdays Limited to 8 students In Christian tradition, all Christians are ministers. This course is intended to equip ministers with language, background, and familiarity with the diverse expressions of sexuality and gender vis a vis Christianity. This course fulfills the sexuality and ministry requirement for MCC clergy, but it may assist every Christian in understanding the interface of sexuality and spirituality, ethics, and congregational health. Objectives: Increase knowledge and comfortability talking about a variety of sexuality issues. Assess personal sexual health in ministry, preventing sexual misconduct/abuse. Familiarity with the Christian tradition s teaching/texts on sexuality and denominational and congregational policies related to sexuality. Reflect theologically on sexuality and spirituality. Consider the impact of race, class, gender, and heterosexism on sexuality issues in ministry. Acquire skills related to pastoral counseling, preaching, and educating on sexuality. Required technology, installed and practiced before first session: PC or Mac Web camera High speed internet access An individual account Required Texts: NOTE: Previously owned books are available at Amazon.com for a fraction of the cost of new books. As My Own Soul: The Blessing of Same-Gender Marriage, by Chris Glaser (New York: Seabury Books, 2009), ISBN:
2 Body and Soul: Rethinking Sexuality as Justice Love, edited by Marvin M. Ellison and Sylvia Thorson-Smith (Cleveland, OH: Pilgrim Press, 2007), ISBN: Ministry among God s Queer Folk: LGBT Pastoral Care, by David J. Kundtz and Bernard Schlager (Cleveland, OH: Pilgrim Press, 2007), ISBN: Other texts are available on the internet and are listed with the given sessions. See the bibliography at the end of the syllabus for supplemental texts. Course Requirements: This class will be offered on a pass/fail basis. Passing the course requires reading the recommended texts for each session, participation in all of the online meeting sessions, and timely completion and submission of all online assignments. Be prepared with any questions you may have on the readings. By midnight (your time) on Wednesday before each Thursday class, your responses to ChrisGlaserMCC@aol.com to the following questions about the readings for the week. Please do not answer the question for each reading, but for the collective readings of each session! A brief paragraph to each question is sufficient. Please put your responses in the body of the no attachments, please! 1. What most intrigued you and why? 2. What did you find problematic and why? 3. What was the big idea you got from the readings? Special requirement for MCC clergy: A 5 page double-spaced homily/sermon reflecting on some of the content covered in the course. I m looking for how you would interpret the material to your present congregation. Due by December 13 via . (Class ends Dec 6.) Session One: Let s Get Started Thursday, November 1, 8-10 pm ET +Johanna W. H. van Wijk-Bos, How to Read What We Read: Discerning Good News about Sexuality in Scripture, in Body and Soul, pp Mona West, The Bible and Homosexuality, found at +Don Eastman, Homosexuality: Not a Sin, Not a Sickness, +Chris Glaser, Homosexuality and the Bible,
3 + Religious Institute, from A Time to Seek: Study Guide on Sexual and Gender Diversity, Definitions, Prevalence, Science on Sexual and Gender Diversity, Marriage and family, and Youth, in, pp. 7-26, found at +Kundtz and Schlager, from Ministry Among God s Queer Folk, Coming Out and Sexual Rating Scales, pp , Kenneth Leech, Soul Friend: The Practice of Christian Spirituality, Spiritual Direction and the Unconscious, pp (Will be provided electronically.) Session Two: Sex and the Body of Christ Thursday, November 8, 8-10 pm ET +Chris Glaser, from As My Own Soul, Chapter Two: Deeper than Scripture Taboo, Shame and Sex-Negativity, Biblical, Cultural, and Visceral Responses, pp ; and Chapter Five: Sex and the Body of Christ, pp Sylvia Thorson-Smith, Becoming Possessed : Toward Sexual Health and Well- Being, in Body and Soul, pp Treasure in Earthen Vessels: An Exploration of Sexual Ethics, Open Hands, Vol. 13, No. 4, Please read articles by Glaser, Spring, Ballew, Spencer, Robb, Ziegert, Fortune, Ellison, Wolfe, Helminiak, Farley, and Prayers of the Body (p 29). +Anne Underwood, Clergy Sexual Misconduct: A Justice Issue, in Body and Soul, pp MCC Clergy Code of Conduct, found at: Session Three: Sexual & Gender Diversity Thursday, November 15, 8-10 pm ET +Bisexuality: Both/And Rather than Either/Or, Open Hands, Vol. 14, No. 1, Please read articles by Roe, Goss, Udis- Kessler, Bardelaben, Riley, Kate, John and Mary, Brink, Wolfe, Aude, Roe (and test your own Bi-Q ), Cook, and McComas. +Susan Halcomb Craig, Bisexuality: Variations on a Theme, in Body and Soul, pp Kelly Brown Douglas, Black Body/White Soul: The Unsettling Intersection of Race, Sexuality, and Christianity, in Body and Soul: pp Patrick S. Cheng, Jesus, Mary, and the Beloved Disciple: Towards a Queer Asian Pacific American Christology, found at iple.pdf
4 +Gender Identities and Our Faith Communities, found at Communities_ pdf You may wish to review the whole document as a future teaching tool in your congregation, but please read, Step Two: Developing a Vocabulary around Transgender Issues, pp ; Gender Identity and the Bible, pp ; Gender Identity and Jewish Tradition, pp ; The Gifts of Transgender People, pp ; and Part Two: Essays, pp No class Nov 22, Thanksgiving! Session Four: Preaching, Worship, Education, and Pastoral Care Thursday, November 29, 8-10 pm ET +Carter Heyward, We re Here, We re Queer: Teaching Sex in Seminary, in Body and Soul, pp Kundtz and Schlager, from Ministry Among God s Queer Folk, The Pastoral Care Relationship, The Functions of Pastoral Care, Pastoral Care in the Tough Times, and Caring for Relationships, pp , Chris Glaser, For the Bible Tells Me So Study Guide. You do not have to read this in detail, just look over the material for possible use with your congregations. Found at: Session Five: Marriage Thursday, December 6, 8-10 pm ET +Rita Nakashima Brock, Marriage Troubles, in Body and Soul, pp Marvin M. Ellison, Setting the Captives Free: Same-Sex Domestic Violence and the Justice-Loving Church, pp , in Body and Soul. +Chris Glaser, from As My Own Soul: Chapter Three: Traditional Family Values: Marriage, Procreation, and Family, pp ; Chapter Four: The Sacred Source of Marriage: Holy Origins and Sacramental Dimensions, pp ; Chapter Six: As My Own Soul: Marriage as a Spiritual Discipline, pp Supplemental Reading (Not required for Course) A Time to Heal: Protecting Children & Ministering to Sex Offenders, by Rev. Debra Haffner (Fort Wayne, IN: LifeQuest, 2005), ISBN:
5 Coming Out as Sacrament, by Chris Glaser (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1998), ISBN: (Note also liturgies in the final chapter, Rites for the Soul, which include new words to hymns.) Coming Out to God: Prayers for Lesbians and Gay Men, Their Families and Friends, by Chris Glaser (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1991), ISBN: (Note handy indexes for scripture references and topics in the back of the book.) Courage to Love: Liturgies for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community, edited by Geoffrey Duncan (Cleveland, OH: Pilgrim Press, 2002), ISBN: Counseling on Sexual Issues: A Handbook for Pastors and Other Helping Professionals (Cleveland, OH: Pilgrim Press, 2005), ISBN: Equal Rites: Lesbian and Gay Worship, Ceremonies, and Celebrations, edited by Kittredge Cherry and Zalmon Sherwood (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1995), ISBN Radical Love: An Introduction to Queer Theology, by Patrick S. Cheng (New York: Seabury, 2011), ISBN 13: Reformation of the Heart: Seasonal Meditations by a Gay Christian, by Chris Glaser (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001), ISBN: Meditations from Advent through Epiphany, Lent, and Holy Week. (Note handy scripture index in the back of the book.) Same-Sex Marriage? A Christian Ethical Analysis, by Marvin M. Ellison (Cleveland, OH: Pilgrim Press, 2004). ISBN: The Other Side, May-June 2001, Four essays on transgender spiritual concerns by Ramsey, Swenson, Paige, and Shanor, available at Sexuality and the Sacred: Sources for Theological Reflection, edited by James B. Nelson and Sandra P. Longfellow (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1994), ISBN: Sexuality and the Sacred: Sources for Theological Reflection (Revised version of the above which retains some essays of the original as well as providing new ones), edited by Marvin M. Ellison, Kelly Brown Douglas, James B. Nelson (Louisville: KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2010), ISBN: Take Back the Word: A Queer Reading of the Bible, edited by Robert E. Goss and Mona West (Cleveland, OH: Pilgrim Press, 2000), ISBN:
6 Theology and Sexuality: Classic and Contemporary, edited by Eugene F. Rogers, Jr. (Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishers LTD, 2002), ISBN: The Queer Bible Commentary, edited by Deryn Guest, Robert E. Goss, Mona West, and Thomas Bohache (London: SCM Press, 2006), ISBN: The Word Is Out: Daily Reflections on the Bible for Lesbians and Gay Men (formerly subtitled: The Bible Reclaimed for Lesbians and Gay Men), by Chris Glaser (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1994), ISBN: (Note handy scripture index at the end of the book.) Transgendering Faith: Identity, Sexuality and Spirituality, edited by Leanne McCall Tigert and Maren C. Tirabassi (Cleveland, OH: Pilgrim Press, 2004), ISBN: Religious Institute, from A Time To Build, Pastoral Care, Education for Youth, and Adult Education, Worship and Preaching, found at +Chris Glaser, Sexuality and Aging: Young Love and Old Love, in Body and Soul, pp Debra Haffner, Teens and Sex: Just Say What? in Body and Soul, pp Advocates for Youth, Growth and Development on sexual development, +Daniel T. Spencer, Keeping Body, Soul, and Earth Together: Revisioning Justice-Love as an Ecological Ethic of Right Relation, in Body and Soul, pp Religious Institute, in A Time to Build: Creating Sexually Healthy Faith Communities, Religion and Sexuality and Sexually Healthy Religious Professionals found at Annotated Bibliography of Sexuality Education Curricula, found at Educational Resources of the Institute for Welcoming Resources, found at
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