part 1. Methods.
Introduction / Adrian Thatcher
The theological study of sexuality / Elizabeth Stuart
The theological study of gender / Tina Beattie
Doctrine And sexuality / Eugene F. Rogers Jr.
part 2. What theologians need to know.
Contributions from biology / Neil Messer
Contributions from psychology / Brendan Callaghan SJ
Contributions from anthropology / Anna Stewart and Simon Coleman
Contributions from sociology / Marta Trzebiatowska
Contributions from philosophy / Cynthia R. Nielsen and Michael Barnes Norton
Contributions from queer theory / Patrick S. Cheng
part 3. Sexuality and gender in the biblical world.
Marriage and sexual relations in the world of the Hebrew Bible / Ken Stone
Marriage and sexual relations in the New Testament world / William Loader
Same-sex relations in the biblical world / Theodore W. Jennings Jr.
The construction of gender in the New Testament / Colleen M. Conway
part 4. Sexuality and gender in Christian tradition.
Desire and the body in the patristic period / Mathew Kuefler
Duns Scotus on the female gender / Marilyn McCord Adams
Reproducing medieval Christianity / Ruth Mazo Karras
Chaste bodies, salacious thoughts: the sexual trials of the medieval clergy / Dyan Elliott
Sex and marriage in the Protestant tradition, 1500-1900 / John Witte Jr.
part 5. Controversies within the churches.
Conflicts within the Roman Catholic Church / Linda Hogan
Conflicts within the Anglican Communion / Jane Shaw
Pentecostal churches and homosexuality / William K. Kay and Stephen J. Hunt
Theology and practice in evangelical churches / Andrew Goddard
Conflicts within the Black churches / Angelique Harris
part 6. Inter-religious conversations.
Judaism / Ronit Irshai
Islam / Asma Barlas
Hinduism / Mandakranta Bose
Buddhism / Rita M. Gross
part 7. Concepts and issues.
Violence and justice / Pamela Cooper-White
Sexual pleasure / Margaret D. Kamitsuka
Desire and love / Ola Sigurdson
HIV/AIDs / Mary Jo Iozzio
part 8. Sexual theologies for all people.
People beginning sexual experience / Michael G. Lawler and Todd A. Salzman
Wives and husbands / Thomas Knieps-Port le Roi
Families / Adrian Thatcher
Gay affections / Gerard Loughlin
Lesbians / Lisa Isherwood
Bisexual people / Margaret Robinson
Intersex and transgender people / Susannah Cornwall
Disabled people / Deborah Beth Creamer
Friends and friendship / Steve Summers.