Presbyterian identity and the Reformed tradition:
Barkley, J.M. Blackmouth and Dissenter (White Row Press Ltd., 1991)
Challenge and Conflict: Essays in Irish Presbyterian History and Doctrine (W. & B. Baird, 1981)
Guthrie, Shirley C., Always Being Reformed: Faith for a Fragmented World (Westminster John Knox Press, 1996)
Jinkins, Michael, The Church Transforming: What’s Next for the Reformed Project? (Westminster John Knox Press, 2012)
McKim, Donald K. Presbyterian Beliefs: A Brief Introduction (Westminster John Knox Press, 2003)
Ottati, Douglas F., A Theology for the 21st Century (Eerdmans, 2020)
Diversity in the church, especially with regard to LGBT+ Christians:
Books:
Achtemeier, Mark, The Bible’s Yes to Same-Sex Marriage: An Evangelical’s Change of Heart (Louisville, KY: WJK Press, 2015)
Brown, Terry, ed., Other Voices, Other Worlds: The Global Church Speaks Out on Homosexuality (Darton, Longman and Todd, 2006)
Brownson, J.V., Bible, Gender, Sexuality: Reframing the Church’s Debate on Same-Sex Relationships (Eerdmans, 2013)
Gushee, David P., Changing Our Mind: Definitive 3rd Edition of the Landmark Call for Inclusion of LGBTQ Christians with Response to Critics (Canton, MI: Read The Spirit Books, 2019)
Keen, Karen R., Scripture Ethics and the Possibility of Same-Sex Relationships (Eerdmans, 2018)
Song, Robert, Covenant and Calling: Towards a Theology of Same-Sex Relationships (SCM Press, 2014)
Documentary film:
For the Bible Tells Me So (DVD) Directed and produced by Daniel Karslake www.forthebibletellsmeso.org
(An award-winning documentary film (and a Sundance nominee) which is a bit dated (2007) but extremely moving, and tells the stories of five Christian families with gay or lesbian children. The director is on record as saying that his greatest hope was that the film would encourage the conversation that all communities and churches needed to have. The clothes and hair are out of date, but as for the film itself . . . once seen, never forgotten.)
Relevant Church Websites:
The Presbyterian Church in Canada: https://presbyterian.ca/sexuality/
Church of Scotland Theological Forum report (2017): www.churchofscotland.org
Presbyterian Church USA: Resources from the Covenant Network of Presbyterians https://covnetpres.org/resources/
Women in the Church:
Durber, Susan, Preaching Like a Woman (SPCK Publishing, 2007)
Lewis, Karoline M., SHE: Five keys to unlock the power of women in ministry (Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2016)
Shercliff, Liz, Preaching Women: Gender, Power, and the Pulpit (SMC Press, 2019)
Reading the Bible:
Brueggemann, Walter, Deep Memory, Exuberant Hope: Contested Truth in a Post-Christian World (Augsburg Fortress, 2000);
Texts That Linger, Words That Explode: Listening to Prophetic Voices (Augsburg Fortress, 2000)
Enns, Peter, How the Bible Actually Works (Harper One, 2019) Loveday, Simon, The Bible for Grown-Ups (London: Icon Books, 2016