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Books about changing or accepting one's sexual orientation

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Books about changing ones' sexual orientation:

All of the following books are written from the perspective of a very conservative Christian belief system. There do not appear to be any books written from a mainline or liberal Christian perspective or from a secular point of view. Reviews of these books tend to receive a 5 star (out of 5) rating by Christians on the Amazon.com online bookstore; they tend to receive a 1 star rating (the minimum rating) among gays and lesbians.

bulletElizabeth Moberly, "Homosexuality: A new Christian ethic," Attic Press, (originally published in the early 1980's; reprinted 1997). Read reviews or order this book safely from Amazon.com online book store 
bulletMario Bergner, "Setting love in order: Hope and healing for the homosexual," Baker Book House, (1995) Read reviews or order this book
bulletJoe Dallas, "Desires in Conflict," Read reviews or order this book
bulletBob Davies, Lori Rentzel, "Coming out of Homosexuality: New freedom for men and women," Intervarsity press, (1994). You can order this book
bulletJeanette Howard, "Out of Egypt: A Journey from lesbianism to God's healing love," Out of print. Amazon.com may be able to obtain a copy. Regeneration Books may have reprinted it. They are at: PO Box 9830, Baltimore, MD 21284. Phone: (410) 661-4337. E-mail at: Regenbooks@juno.com .
bulletJ.A. Konrad, "You Don't Have to be Gay," Out of print. Amazon.com may be able to obtain a copy The book is a compilations of real letters sent by the author to a friend struggling with homosexuality.
bulletLeanne Payne, "Healing homosexuality," Baker Book House, (1996). You can order this book
bulletLeanne Payne, "The Broken Image -Restoring Personal Wholeness Through Healing Prayer," Baker Book House, (1996). You can order this book
bulletJoseph Nicolosi, "Reparative Therapy of Male Homosexuality," Jason Aronson, (1997) Currently out of stock with the publisher

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Books about accepting one's sexual orientation:

These tend to be written by gays and lesbians, who follow a variety of religious traditions:

bulletR.A. Isay, "Becoming Gay: The Journey to Self-Acceptance," Pantheon, (1996). You can read a book review and/or order a copy from Amazon.com
bulletRik Isensee, "Reclaiming Your Life: The Gay Man's Guide to Love, Self-Acceptance and Trust," Alyson Publications, (1997). Review and/or order a copy.
bulletEdward Taussiq, "501 Great Things About Being Gay," Andrews & McMeel, (1998). Review and/or order a copy.
bulletMel White, Stranger at the Gate: To be Gay and Christian in America", Reprint edition, Plume, (1995) Review and/or order a copy This is an immensely powerful book which describes White's life journey. He started as a ghost-writer to many leading Evangelical leaders. He sought decades of therapy to change his sexual orientation. He finally discovered peace when he accepted his orientation as part of himself, to be accepted and treasured. This book will change the lives of many of its readers.

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