Crossing over : liberating the transgendered Christian / Vanessa Sheridan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sheridan, Vanessa, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transness--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Transness.

Transsexualism--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Christian trans people--Religious life.

Christian trans people.

Christian transsexuals--Religious life.

Christian transsexuals.

Physical Description:

xviii, 157 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Cleveland, Ohio : Pilgrim Press, 2001.

Summary:

In Crossing Over, Vanessa Sheridan reflects on her experience and the experiences of other in order to describe the realities and dispel the myths about those who are trangendered. She urges the church to move beyond "compassionate condemnation" to embrace trangendered individuals into the full life and ministry of the church. Using tenets of liberation theology, she encourages those who are transgendered to seek sources of spiritual strength and join the struggle for justice in the church and in the larger society.

Contents:

1. On Being Different 1

2. Confronting the Complexities of Difference and Faith 20

3. Clarifying Gender and Transgender 28

4. Opening Pandora's Box 39

5. Addressing Concerns About Transgenderism 48

6. "Compassionate Condemnation" 60

7. A Transgendered Christian Church? 87

8. Christian Liberation and Transgendered People 98

9. Elements of Emancipation for Transgendered Christians 115

10. The Struggle for Inclusion 125

11. The Needs and Hopes of Transgedered Christians 136.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0829814469

OCLC:

47126733