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Bisexuality and the Western Christian Church

Author : Carol A. Shepherd
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 331994679X
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book Bisexuality and the Western Christian Church written by Carol A. Shepherd and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book critically examines the lived experiences of bisexual Christians across a range of Christian traditions in the UK and the USA. Shepherd assesses whether current data on elevated rates of depressive illnesses among bisexual people also apply to the bisexual Christian community. Drawing on data collected by the author on bisexual Christians across the lifespan, the book uncovers shocking incidences of biphobia and bi erasure in the Church. Widespread ignorance among pastors of middle sexualities outside of the hetero-/homonormative binary is revealed as well as a corresponding absence of appropriate support resources. Bisexuality and the Western Christian Church will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including gender studies, applied theology, sociology and social psychology. It is also important reading for clergy, and LGBT faith organisations. With a Foreword by Eric Anderson, Professor of Sport, Masculinities, and Sexualities, University of Winchester, UK.

Blood on Its Hands? The Church and LGBT Youth

Author : C A Shepherd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781838162009
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Blood on Its Hands? The Church and LGBT Youth written by C A Shepherd and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-30 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over half of young people between 18-24 in the UK currently identify as "not exclusively heterosexual." Yet a sizable majority of Christian Churches in the UK, US and Australia still refuse to acknowledge the immutability of most LGBT identities or to engage with the lived realities of LGBT people. This apathy - and sometimes downright hostility - creates a toxic environment for some of our most vulnerable young people, leading to isolation, despair and sometimes, tragically, suicide. This poses the question, does the Church have blood on its hands? Blood on its Hands? should serve as a wake-up call to take LGBT identities and LGBT mental health seriously, to avoid some of the tragedies highlighted in this book. It is intended to be used as an aid to discussion in worship communities. Dr Carol A Shepherd is a published academic and trade author, whose works include Bisexuality in the Western Christian Church (Palgrave) and Bi: the Way, Pastoring Bisexual Christians in Europe (EYP). An experienced and engaging public speaker, Carol can be booked for talks and workshops at www.easyyoke.org

Homosexuality and the Western Christian Tradition

Author : Derrick Sherwin Bailey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Homosexuality and the Western Christian Tradition written by Derrick Sherwin Bailey and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author explores what the Bible and other early religious texts have to say about homosexuality.

Contemporary Christianity and LGBT Sexualities

Author : Stephen Hunt
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317160932
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Christianity and LGBT Sexualities written by Stephen Hunt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-13 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The subject of gay and lesbian sexuality is perhaps the most vexed issue in the contemporary Christian Church. Many churches have been forced to confront the matter, both theologically and pastorally and in consequence, controversies have proved divisive within the Church, most notably between conservative and liberal orientated denominations, as well as evangelical churches. This book explores these themes from a sociological perspective, addressing not only gay and lesbian sexualities, but also bi- and transgendered sexualities. With rich empirical material being presented by a team of experts, this book constitutes the first comprehensive sociological study of 'non-hetero' sexualities in relation to contemporary Christianity. As such, it will appeal to sociologists, scholars of religion and theology as well as readers across a range of social sciences

A Companion to Some Issues in Human Sexuality

Author : Joanna Cox
Publisher : Church House Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780715138717
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book A Companion to Some Issues in Human Sexuality written by Joanna Cox and published by Church House Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion to Some Issues in Human Sexuality has been especially prepared to enable individuals and churches to reflect on the issue of homosexuality, bisexuality and transsexualism and the Church. It provides a summary of the main theological and pastoral issues allowing for intelligent discussion, and also offers a structure for reading the main volume.

Living It Out

Author : Rachel Hagger-Holt
Publisher : Canterbury Press
ISBN 13 : 1848255500
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (482 download)

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Download or read book Living It Out written by Rachel Hagger-Holt and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical and affirming book for everyone dealing with the issue of sexuality, whether as a gay or lesbian Christian seeking to live with integrity, a friend or family member, or as a church leader seeking understanding and guidance. It suggests practical ways of managing and enriching relationships with God, the church, and others.

God and the Gay Christian

Author : Matthew Vines
Publisher : Convergent
ISBN 13 : 1601425163
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book God and the Gay Christian written by Matthew Vines and published by Convergent. This book was released on 2014 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reinterpretations of key Bible texts related to sexual orientation, written by a Harvard student, present an accessible case for a modern Christian conservative acceptance of sexual diversity.

Why Churches Need to Talk about Sexuality

Author : Mark Wingfield
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 1506458580
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Why Churches Need to Talk about Sexuality written by Mark Wingfield and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journalist and pastor Mark Wingfield describes how the congregation he serves undertook a detailed study of how the church should respond to the inclusion of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender members. The study was conducted by a nineteen-member blue-ribbon task force that included wide representation of the church's various constituencies. The author served as a staff liaison, recording secretary, and resource to the study group, keeping meticulous notes of the process and the aftermath of the study. Why Churches Need to Talk about Sexuality is written for clergy and lay leaders in Protestant congregations of all kinds who need a helpful guide to conversations about human sexuality within congregations. The book also has in mind anyone who wants to understand the controversial debates about human sexuality and the Christian church today and who desire to follow a process to discuss the topic and make decisions about how congregations and individuals will respond to matters of ministry and sexuality. This book not only details the process used at Wilshire but also tells the human story of why the study was undertaken and what happened to the lives and faith of real people inside and outside the church. The author's hope is to provide a resource to other clergy and church leaders to understand why this issue must be addressed, how difficult it is to address, and what to expect along the way. As the title indicates, even though this is a difficult conversation to have, churches must have the conversation anyway.

Bisexuality in Europe

Author : Emiel Maliepaard
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000220761
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Bisexuality in Europe written by Emiel Maliepaard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bisexuality in Europe offers an accessible and diverse overview of research on bisexuality and bi+ people in Europe, providing a foundation for theorising and empirical work on plurisexual orientations and identities, and the experiences and realities of people who desire more than one sex or gender Counteracting the predominance of work on bisexuality based in Ango-American contexts, this collection of fifteen contributions from both early-career and more senior academics reflects the current state of research in Europe on bisexuality and people who desire more than one sex or gender. The book is structured around three interlinked themes that resonate well with the international research frontiers of bisexual theorising: bisexual citizenship, intimate relationships, and bisexual+ identities. This book is the first of its kind in bringing together research from various European countries including Austria, Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, and Scandinavian countries, as well as from Europe as a wider geographical region.. Topics include pansexual identity, non-monogomies, asylum seekers and youth cultures. This is an essential collection for students, early career researchers, and more senior academics in Gender Studies, LGBTQI Studies and Sexuality Studies.

Bi the Way

Author : Carol A Shepherd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781838162016
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Bi the Way written by Carol A Shepherd and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-25 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr Carol A Shepherd is a global expert on bisexual Christian identities. Over half of the total LGB population identifies as bisexual, less than a third as gay and less than a fifth as lesbian. Proportionally, it would not be unreasonable to rearrange the letters in LGBT to spell BGLT. Yet there is overwhelming silence in our churches around Europe on the subject of bisexuality, despite slow but increasing acceptance of homosexuality and same-sex marriage in many countries. This silence has a devastating effect on the mental health of bisexual people. In Bi: The Way, Carol Shepherd charts the history and science behind bisexuality and challenges the stereotypes around bisexual people. Bisexual Christians across Europe are given a voice, producing rich data that should be of use to pastors and supporters of LGBT+ people for years to come. Bi: The Way is the missing book on the LGBT Christian bookshelf. Bi: the Book!

God Turned Me Gay

Author : Kevin Shorter
Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 1496989465
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (969 download)

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Download or read book God Turned Me Gay written by Kevin Shorter and published by Author House. This book was released on 2014-08-20 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about my journey as a Christian-from how I became a Christian to starting out in leadership, and all the drama in-between. I hope this book inspires you to carry on your journey no matter how hard it may seem at the time. It is all worth it in the end.

Outside the City Gate

Author : Dr. Selma
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 149187483X
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (918 download)

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Download or read book Outside the City Gate written by Dr. Selma and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-03-24 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outside the City Gate the second book by Dr. Selma, is a powerful account of what happened to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Christian community in Michigan during the mid-1990s and the early 21st century. The book describes what occurred after lesbian and gay church members were excluded from their home churches. After being expelled, excommunicated, tossed out and isolated from their early childhood places of worship many chose to remain true to their Christianity and their gender identities. . Despite the rumblings of rejection, in Michigan there are those in the LGBTQ Christian society that want to worship God. The question is whether God is with lesbian and gay Christians. Is God Spirit and power present with them in their churches and, in their personal lives. Does God move in the lesbian and gay community. This is the story of Whosoever Ministry, its founder and the struggle to find a safe place for Christian worship, free from spiritual abuse and condemnation.

Unrepentant, Self-Affirming, Practicing

Author : Gary David Comstock
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780826414298
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book Unrepentant, Self-Affirming, Practicing written by Gary David Comstock and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2002-06-14 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for Unrepentant ... : "For open-minded religious leaders, there are nuggets of enlightenment in this ecumenical array."--Publishers Weekly "Surprisingly readable as well as informative." - San Francisco Chronicle "A significant body of knowledge." - Theology Today "Publishers' catalogues are full of books on the church's view of homosexuality; Comstock here offers gay views of the church. Given the often hostile environment, he asks why gay people stay in religious institutions. Using social scientific methods, he summarizes thirty-six surveys of gay attitudes toward religious communities, including Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, and Native American traditions. He adds data from his survey of gay people in two mainline Protestant denominations." --Religious Studies Review "Explores how each religions accepts, half-accepts, or rejects gays and lesbians and how they themselves feel about their religion. The book is also filled with personal stories of how spiritual people who discovered they are homosexual came out within their community and their congregation, and how they feel about the central figures and tenets of their belief." --Gatherings "With its succinct, accessible language and rich collection of empirical research findings on lesbigay peoples, Unrepentant, Self-Affirming Practicing, would be an excellent addition to academic libraries and could be appropriately used as well in an undergraduate religion or sociology classroom." --Journal for Scientific Study of Religion>

Intersecting Religion and Sexuality

Author :
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004390715
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Intersecting Religion and Sexuality written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intersecting Religion and Sexuality: Sociological Perspectives outlines what an intersectional analysis can offer research into religion and sexuality. It draws on various research projects which focus on different facets of this topic, such as queer sexualities, unmarried motherhood, and heterosexuality.

The Gay Gospels

Author : Keith Sharpe
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780990634
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Gay Gospels written by Keith Sharpe and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2011-07-29 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The place of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people in the Christian churches is a highly controversial issue. The stance of all the mainline churches is that homosexuality is sinful and incompatible with Christianity. In seeking to respond to attacks on their lives, identities and relationships LGBT Christians have moved over recent decades from a defensive position to a more affirmative position which asserts that there is evidence in the Bible and the Jesus tradition of validated homoerotic experience. This book presents a systematic overview of both the defensive and affirmative positions. In part one, The Defensive Testament, each of the so-called 'biblical texts of terror' used to demonise LGBT people is considered in turn and found wanting. None of them has anything to say about consensual same sex love. In part two, The Affirmative Testament, homoerotic elements in various Bible stories including the healing of the centurion's servant, Jesus and the beloved disciple, David and Jonathan, Ruth and Naomi are revealed to make visible the place of LGBT lives in the Biblical tradition. Taken together, these two testaments forcefully champion the equality of LGBT people in the Kingdom of God and represent a formidable challenge to ecclesiastical homophobia.

Bisexuality in the Ancient World

Author : Eva Cantarella
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780300059243
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (592 download)

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Download or read book Bisexuality in the Ancient World written by Eva Cantarella and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bisexuality was intrinsic to the cultures of the ancient world. In both Greece and Rome, same gender sexual relationships were acknowledged, and those between men were not only tolerated but widely celebrated in literature and art. Nor for Greeks and Romans was homosexuality an exclusive choice, but alternative to and sometimes concurrent with the love of the opposite sex. Whilst exploring aspects of the female condition in Classical antiquity, Eva Cantarella came to understand that the sheer ubiquity of male homosexuality had a fundamental impact on relationships between men and women. Drawing on the full range of surviving sources - legal texts, inscriptions, medical documents, poetry and philosophical literature - she now reconstructs the homosexual cultures of Greece and Rome and provides a full, readable and thought-provoking history of bisexuality in the Classical age. Cantarella explores the psychological, social and cultural mechanisms that determined sexual choice and consider: the extent to which that choice was free, directed or coerced in each civilization. In Greece the relationship between adults and youngs(sic) boys was deemed the noblest of associations, a means of education and spiritual exhaltation(sic). Cantarella reveals that such relationships, though highly regulated and never left to individual spontaneity, were more than pedagogic and platonic: they were fully carnal. In Imperial Rome, however, the sexual ethic mirrored the political and males were cruelly domineering in love as in war. The critical sexual distinction was that between active and passive, the victims commonly being slaves or defeated enemies, rather than young Roman freemen. In terms of femalebisexuality, accounts of love between Roman women were transmitted exclusively by men. In Greece, however, women had Sappho to give them voice. Cantarella examines the activities of the thiasoi - Greek communities of women - and reveals that their ritual ceremonies also embraced passionate love. Cantarella explains how the etiquette of bisexuality was corrupted over time and how, influenced by pagan and Judeo-Christian traditions, homosexuality came to be regarded as an unnatural act. Her interpretation goes further than any previous study, claiming not only that homosexuality was common, but that for Greeks of both genders it constituted true love.

Some Issues in Human Sexuality

Author : A Working Party of the House of Bishops
Publisher : Church House Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780715138687
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (386 download)

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Download or read book Some Issues in Human Sexuality written by A Working Party of the House of Bishops and published by Church House Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This widely anticipated report will be welcomed by all who wish to come to a greater understanding of the issues surrounding homosexuality, bisexuality and transsexualism and the Church. It provides an in-depth account of the surrounding issues, and provides detailed analyses of key Scriptural passages.