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Coming Out While Staying in: Struggles and Celebrations of Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals in the Church (Paperback)

~ (Author) "When addressing the issues of gay/lesbian/bisexual persons within the church, I have come across numerous situations in which people have had enormous difficulty communicating with..." (more)
Key Phrases: relational empowerment, bisexual persons, sexual justice, United Church of Christ, Spirit of the Mountains, New Hampshire (more...)

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This book reflects the author's and other's personal struggles with the church as a source of pain and alienation--as well as support and spiritual renewal. Tigert offers a voice of hope for those who experience oppression as gay, lesbian, and bisexual Christians.

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Paperback: 178 pages
Publisher: United Church Press (September 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0829811508
ISBN-13: 978-0829811506
Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 6 x 0.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 9.8 ounces

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5.0 out of 5 stars Are you either Christian or Homosexual? Read this book!, February 9, 1999

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Tigert has started to open the door on Christian homosexuals and the oppression they face within their own churches. She brings the reader face to face with personal accounts of the struggles that lesbian and gay people go through in society, but more specifically in church. She challanges the logic behind the homophobia. She helps explain the phenomonon of "splitting" and the impact it has on those who are not white male heterosexuals. For those who of us who feel called by God to ordained ministry, but who hesitate to heed his call because of the overwhelming response of congregational segragation of our homosexual being, this is a book to relate to. Excelent! I eagerly await further books by Leanne McCall Tigert.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST READ!!!, October 4, 1998

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Leanne McCall Tigert beautifully and painfully captures what it is to discover yourself gay within a mainline denomination. Her approach is refreshingly honest, illuminating the struggles and the celebrations of lesbigay Christians. Read it, as I did, and discover yourself within her story. Fabulous reading for anyone struggling with the church and homosexuality, and a must read for any lesbigay person contemplating a call to the ordained ministry.

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