Crisis time! Book

As I read Payne for my PhD dissertation in queer theology, I am grateful that this is among her clearest writings in terms of her assumptions and the authorities upon whom she leans. However, I cannot recommend this book, not least for its Neo-platonic heterosexism and outdated science about how human gametes behave (which is indicative, for Payne, of a larger metaphysical and cultural polarity).

For Christians who want to take testimony-as-theology seriously, we must not only read testimonies like these, but also those of equally committed Christians who believe that there is "such a thing" as a queer person, and especially those who report problems and deep harm with models like those that Payne advocates as allegedly Biblically and theologically orthodox.

One good place to start for a different perspective might be Ken Wilson, Letter to My Congregation, 2nd edition.