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Shallenberger (School for New Learning, DePaul Univ.) interviewed 26 gay men and lesbians in Chicago, and this book comprises 12 of those interviews. The participants discuss their family background, their early religious and spiritual experiences, and how identifying themselves as gay or lesbian impacted their spiritual life. Dan explains how his HIV diagnosis increased his spirituality, and Anne recounts her struggles to find a place to serve in a Christian church after coming out during seminary. Taoism, Wicca, Judaism, and Christianity are among the spiritual traditions discussed. This work is similar to the essay collection Wrestling with the Angel (LJ 4/1/95), but these are not professional writers, and some accounts are rambling and repetitious. However, at a time when many religious leaders are questioning whether gays and lesbians have any legitimate place in the religious community, it is enlightening to hear the intimate spiritual struggles of this group of people. For popular collections.?Debra Moore, Loyola Marymount Univ. Lib., Los Angeles
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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This text explores the quest for an integration of homosexuality and spirituality. The author interviewed gay men and women who grew up in families belonging to traditional religions that rejected homosexuality as unacceptable. They reveal the balance between their gay and religious identities.
Shallenberger (School for New Learning, DePaul Univ.) interviewed 26 gay men and lesbians in Chicago, and this book comprises 12 of those interviews. The participants discuss their family background, their early religious and spiritual experiences, and how identifying themselves as gay or lesbian impacted their spiritual life. Dan explains how his HIV diagnosis increased his spirituality, and Anne recounts her struggles to find a place to serve in a Christian church after coming out during seminary. Taoism, Wicca, Judaism, and Christianity are among the spiritual traditions discussed. This work is similar to the essay collection Wrestling with the Angel (LJ 4/1/95), but these are not professional writers, and some accounts are rambling and repetitious. However, at a time when many religious leaders are questioning whether gays and lesbians have any legitimate place in the religious community, it is enlightening to hear the intimate spiritual struggles of this group of people. For popular collections.?Debra Moore, Loyola Marymount Univ. Lib., Los Angeles
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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This text explores the quest for an integration of homosexuality and spirituality. The author interviewed gay men and women who grew up in families belonging to traditional religions that rejected homosexuality as unacceptable. They reveal the balance between their gay and religious identities.
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- Adaptation to Life by George E. Vaillant in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Other Way to Listen by Byrd Baylor in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- A Challenge to Love: Gay and Lesbian Catholics in the Church (Challenge to Love, a Ppr) by Robert Nugent in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Impersonal Life by Joseph Benner on page 79, and Back Matter
- Fierce Tenderness: A Feminist Theology of Friendship by Mary E Hunt in Back Matter
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- Religion in America Since 1945 by Professor Patrick Allitt in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Coming Out in Christianity: Religion, Identity, and Community by Melissa M. Wilcox in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Predicting Religion: Christian, Secular and Alternative Futures (Bsa Sub Series of Religion and Theology in Interdisciplinary Perspectives Series) (Bsa ... in Interdisciplinary Perspectives Series) by Grace Davie on page 145
- Living Spirit, Living Practice: Poetics, Politics, Epistemology by Ruth Frankenberg in Back Matter
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