"The texts in both volumes are of high quality in their sophisticated reflection and rigorous scholarship. Gathering together experience-based essays, papers that summarize and critique the arguments put forth in official Catholic teaching, and articles that present original ideas on issues relating to sexual diversity, the two volumes are a valuable resource for teaching sexuality, LGBTQ issues, theology, and Catholicism in the USA in the academic context, as well as being accessible to an interested lay audience." -- -Stefanie Knauss American Catholic Studies "The More Than in the title of these volumes indicates a commitment to move beyond the Monologue of ecclesiastical teaching on sexual diversity, and those who defend that teaching, and engage the voices and lived experiences of people." -Theological Studies "More than a Monologue is a powerful, long overdue, scandalous account of the fact that many GLBTQ persons are persons of faith, even intense Christian faith, who have been and continue to be rejected by officials of the Catholic church, causing great suffering to themselves and all those who love and respect them. We may hope that ending the silence on this issue will help priests, bishops and cardinals find the courage to end this persecution and acknowledge what many know from personal experience: that sexual identity and orientation were not among the instructions that Jesus the Christ left his followers, and do not predict personal righteousness." -- -Christine E. Gudorf Florida International University This book succeeds in making ecclesial space for LGBT Catholics...All of the contributors to this volume do more than simply speak back to church officials; they also, and perhaps more importantly, speak to and with other Catholics" -- -Katie Grimes Theology and Sexuality "A refreshing dialogue occurring within Catholicism regarding the lives of LBGTQ persons. Firer Hinze and Hornbeck, both professors at Fordham University, have collected a wide spectrum of essays regarding how LGBTQ individuals live out their sexual lives with dignity and authenticity. Included here are the testimonies of theologians, parents, pastors, and a physician, alongside Bishop Thomas Gumbleton and Dan Savage, the nationally syndicated sex columnist who shares an emotionally gripping story about growing up gay and Catholic. The personal nature of several of these essays makes the collection especially riveting." -Publishers Weekly Starred Review