Nicolete Burbach is Social and Environmental Justice Lead at London Jesuit Centre, UK. Lisa Sowle Cahill is J. Donald Monan Professor at Boston College, USA

This powerful collection sets out to be “orthodox and affirming”, and navigates this space with courage and aplomb. The authors demonstrate the richness of the Roman Catholic tradition in ways recognizable to practicing Catholics, and highlight how the tradition might offer new and valuable insights that ring true with trans people’s lives and self-conceptions. Driven by the principle of grace (sometimes hand in hand with righteous rage), the authors show that building peaceful constructive conversations about gender diversity cannot mean eliding or glossing over areas of real difference and disagreement. Through bringing together previously-published material and new original pieces, by both trans and cis scholars, the volume gets readers right up to date with discussions of trans identity informed by Catholic doctrine, teaching, and pastoral practice. It will be of great service in elevating the level of discourse on trans identity and Christianity.

• Introduction: Transness and the Church Today (Nicolete Burbach, London Jesuit Centre, UK)Part I - Transness Catholic Moral Theologians in Dialogue1. Gender Identity in Scripture: Indissoluble Marriage and Exceptional Eunuchs (D.A. Jones, St Mary's University, UK)2. Truth in Transition? Gender Identity and Catholic Anthropology (D.A. Jones, St Mary's University, UK)3. Catholic Ethics and Trans Identity: Embodied Persons and Gender Dynamics (Lisa Sowle Cahill, Boston College, USA)4. Treating Persons with Gender Dysphoria in Catholic Health Care: Catholic Teaching Interpreted and Applied (Peter J. Cataldo, Providence St. Joseph Health (retired), USA)Part II - Personal and Pastoral Experiences5. Trans-formation (Fiona Bowie, University of Oxford, UK and Oliver Davies, Kings College London, UK)6. Concrete Steps Towards Pastoral Care for Trans and Nonbinary Christians (Shannon T.L. Kearns, Empathy Into Action Foundation, USA)7. LGBT Inclusion in UK Catholic Schools (George White, St Paul's Catholic School, UK)8. Being Trans, Being Present: Another Way for Trans Catholic to 'Reach Out', and for Cisgender Catholics to 'Reach Out' Back (Nicolete Burbach, London Jesuit Centre, UK)Part III - Interdisciplinary Resources9. Heartache: A Study of the Emotional Impact of Sex/Gender Transition on Familial Intimates (Claire Jenkins, Margaret Beaufort Institute, UK)10. Evidence Base for Treatment of Gender Dysphoria? (Norella Broderick, Health Service Executive, Ireland)11. A Criminal Tribe: Looking Back at the Impact of Eliminationist British Anti-Hijra Campaign in India and Discerning Its Echoes Today (P.J. Johnston)12. All things to all peoples? Some Anglican responses to gender diverse people (Christina Beardsley, St John's Church, UK)13. Gender and Metaphysics: Judith Butler and Bernard Lonergan in Conversation (Benjamin Hohman, Boston College, USA)Part IV - Transness and the Church Tomorrow14. Transgender Bodies, Catholic Schools, and a Queer Natural Law Theology of Exploration (Craig A. Ford, Jr, St Norbert College, USA)15. Meeting the Monster: On Hearing Transgender Rage (Nicolete Burbach, London Jesuit Centre, UK)

Nicolete Burbach is Social and Environmental Justice Lead at London Jesuit Centre, UK. Lisa Sowle Cahill is J. Donald Monan Professor at Boston College, USA

This powerful collection sets out to be “orthodox and affirming”, and navigates this space with courage and aplomb. The authors demonstrate the richness of the Roman Catholic tradition in ways recognizable to practicing Catholics, and highlight how the tradition might offer new and valuable insights that ring true with trans people’s lives and self-conceptions. Driven by the principle of grace (sometimes hand in hand with righteous rage), the authors show that building peaceful constructive conversations about gender diversity cannot mean eliding or glossing over areas of real difference and disagreement. Through bringing together previously-published material and new original pieces, by both trans and cis scholars, the volume gets readers right up to date with discussions of trans identity informed by Catholic doctrine, teaching, and pastoral practice. It will be of great service in elevating the level of discourse on trans identity and Christianity.

• Introduction: Transness and the Church Today (Nicolete Burbach, London Jesuit Centre, UK)Part I - Transness Catholic Moral Theologians in Dialogue1. Gender Identity in Scripture: Indissoluble Marriage and Exceptional Eunuchs (D.A. Jones, St Mary's University, UK)2. Truth in Transition? Gender Identity and Catholic Anthropology (D.A. Jones, St Mary's University, UK)3. Catholic Ethics and Trans Identity: Embodied Persons and Gender Dynamics (Lisa Sowle Cahill, Boston College, USA)4. Treating Persons with Gender Dysphoria in Catholic Health Care: Catholic Teaching Interpreted and Applied (Peter J. Cataldo, Providence St. Joseph Health (retired), USA)Part II - Personal and Pastoral Experiences5. Trans-formation (Fiona Bowie, University of Oxford, UK and Oliver Davies, Kings College London, UK)6. Concrete Steps Towards Pastoral Care for Trans and Nonbinary Christians (Shannon T.L. Kearns, Empathy Into Action Foundation, USA)7. LGBT Inclusion in UK Catholic Schools (George White, St Paul's Catholic School, UK)8. Being Trans, Being Present: Another Way for Trans Catholic to 'Reach Out', and for Cisgender Catholics to 'Reach Out' Back (Nicolete Burbach, London Jesuit Centre, UK)Part III - Interdisciplinary Resources9. Heartache: A Study of the Emotional Impact of Sex/Gender Transition on Familial Intimates (Claire Jenkins, Margaret Beaufort Institute, UK)10. Evidence Base for Treatment of Gender Dysphoria? (Norella Broderick, Health Service Executive, Ireland)11. A Criminal Tribe: Looking Back at the Impact of Eliminationist British Anti-Hijra Campaign in India and Discerning Its Echoes Today (P.J. Johnston)12. All things to all peoples? Some Anglican responses to gender diverse people (Christina Beardsley, St John's Church, UK)13. Gender and Metaphysics: Judith Butler and Bernard Lonergan in Conversation (Benjamin Hohman, Boston College, USA)Part IV - Transness and the Church Tomorrow14. Transgender Bodies, Catholic Schools, and a Queer Natural Law Theology of Exploration (Craig A. Ford, Jr, St Norbert College, USA)15. Meeting the Monster: On Hearing Transgender Rage (Nicolete Burbach, London Jesuit Centre, UK)