LGBTQI Inclusivity, Homosexuality, and Same-Sex Marriage in the Catholic Church

Dr. Vivencio O. Ballano is Program Chairperson of the Master of Arts in Sociology, Graduate School Program, and Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP), Manila. He received his Master’s (Theology) and Doctorate (Sociology) from the Ateneo de Manila University. To date, he has published six peer-reviewed monographs with both Springer and Routledge, as well as several Scopus- and Web of Science-indexed journal articles and book chapters on the sociology of law, religion, media piracy, post-disaster management, clerical celibacy, clerical sexual abuse, digital education, and Catholic social teaching.

• Chapter 1 The Book’s Overview.- Chapter 2 Inductive Theology, Homosexuality, and Same-Sex Marriage: A Synodal-Sociological Analysis. Chapter 3 Homosexuality, Same-Sex Union, and LGBTQI Inclusivity in the Catholic Church.- Chapter 4 Reappraising Gender Complementarity and Heterosexual Marriage in the Catholic Church.