A
gay Roman Catholic, some of Loughlin's work is in the sub-discipline of
queer theology. He is the coeditor (with Jon Davies) of
Sex These Days: Essays on Theology, Sexuality and Society (Continuum 1997) and editor of
Queer Theology: Rethinking the Western Body (Blackwell, 2007). He serves on the editorial board of
Literature and Theology (Oxford University Press) and is co-editor (with Elizabeth Stuart and Kent Brintnall) of
Theology and Sexuality (Taylor&Francis). His master's thesis is titled
The Novels of Modernism: The Embodiment of Roman Catholic Modernism in the Literature of Religious Turmoil and Faith at the Turn of the Century, c. 1888–1914. == Published works ==