Coming Out in Christianity

Religion, Identity, and Community

Melissa M. Wilcox (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2003
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-0-253-21619-9 (ISBN)

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For Christianity, the issue of 'homosexuality' threatens to create a yawning chasm within several mainline denominations. This title examines this identity conflict and the strategies employed to help resolve it among members of two Metropolitan Community Churches in California-churches that predominantly serve LGBT Christians.

For many Christians, "homosexuality" is an issue. It is often considered a matter of "us" versus "them," or worse, for gay men and women, a question of their behavior, not something intrinsic to their identity. Coming Out in Christianity examines this conflict from the point of view of a group of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Christians. It focuses on current and former members of two Metropolitan Community Churches in California that serve predominantly LGBT Christians. Based on original research, including more than 70 in-depth interviews, the book explores life histories, current beliefs, cultural settings, and community influences to learn what helped each forge an identity as both gay and Christian. These powerful case studies will help to deepen our understanding of both religion and personal identity.

Melissa M. Wilcox is Visiting Johnston Professor of Religion at Whitman College. The author of several articles on various aspects of LGBT religiosity and on religious responses to violence, she is also co-editor of Sexuality and the World's Religions and is a member of the advisory committee for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Religious Archives Network.

Preliminary Table of Contents:
Preface
Prologue: A Tale of Two Communions
I. Identity
1. Converging and Diverging Roads
2. Christians Coming Out
II. Community
3. Creating a Space
4. Creating New Worlds
5. Re-Creating the World
III. Identity in Community
6. We Took the One Less Traveled
Epilogue: Roads Less Traveled
Appendix A. Index of Participants
Appendix B. UFMCC Mission Statement, Vision Statement, and Doctrine
Appendix C. Survey Demographics
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

Zusatzinfo	1 bibliog., 1 index
Verlagsort	Bloomington, IN
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 235 mm
Gewicht	376 g
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	0-253-21619-2 / 0253216192
ISBN-13	978-0-253-21619-9 / 9780253216199
Zustand	Neuware