Table of Contents
Also David P. Gushee viii
Author Introduction to Third Edition (June 2017) xi
Author Introduction to Second Edition (February 2015) xvii
Foreword Brian D. McLaren xviii
Preface Phyllis Tickle xxi
Introduction Matthew Vines xxiv
Chapter 1 Live From New York 1
Chapter 2 Our Moment: A Church With a Problem 8
Chapter 3 Starting a Conversation 20
Chapter 4 What Exactly Is the Issue? 25
Chapter 5 Change We Can All Support 29
Chapter 6 Gay Christians Exist 34
Chapter 7 Six Options for the Churches 38
Chapter 8 If This Is Where You Get Off the Bus 44
Chapter 9 Biblical Inspiration, Human Interpretation 49
Chapter 10 How Traditionalists Connect the Biblical Dots 55
Chapter 11 The Sins of Sodom (and Gibeah) 59
Chapter 12 Leviticus, Abomination and Jesus 65
Chapter 13 Two Odd Little Words 74
Chapter 14 God Made Them Male and Female 80
Chapter 15 Creation, Sexual Orientation and God's Will 90
Chapter 16 Toward Covenant 98
Chapter 17 Transformative Encounters and Paradigm Leaps 105
Chapter 18 A Dual-Narrative Tour 111
Chapter 19 Howl Got Here 116
Chapter 20 Ending the Teaching of Contempt 125
References 146
Response to Critics (for Third Edition) 151
Major Reviews of Changing Our Mind 178
Study Guide by Rev. Robert Cornwall 181
Advance Praise For Changing Our Mind 210
From Reviews of Changing Our Mind 216