William Stell's Born Again Queer: A History of Evangelical Gay Activism and the Making of Antigay Christianity is a gift. It is a gift, not only to those within the fold of American evangelicalism who are trying to faithfully navigate questions of biblical authority and human sexuality—perhaps some of whom are unsettled by, or simply curious about, the unaffirming stances of their pastors and institutions—but also to any faithful Christian, evangelical or not, who has yet to discover the consolation that comes from knowing the history of one's predecessors. One of the book's most important contributions is that it reveals just how much work was required to create the anti-gay and heteronormative Christianity that many evangelicals now simply take for granted. The exclusionary interpretations of Scripture that have become synonymous with American evangelicalism—thanks in no small part to the Religious Right—were not merely inherited, obvious, or "common sense" co...