Building bridges : gay & lesbian reality and the Catholic Church / Robert Nugent, Jeannine Gramick ; foreword by Charles Curran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nugent, Robert, 1937-2014, author.

Gramick, Jeannine, author.

Contributor:

Curran, Charles E., writer of foreword.

Penn Sexuality Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Gift of the William Way LGBT Community Center (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Homosexuality.

Catholic gay people.

Gay people--Religious life.

Gay people.

Church work with gay people--United States.

Church work with gay people.

United States.

Local Subjects:

Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Physical Description:

xi, 218 pages ; 22 cm

Other Title:

Building bridges : gay and lesbian reality and the Catholic Church

Place of Publication:

Mystic, Connecticut : Twenty-Third Publications, [1995]

Contents:

pt. 1: Educational and social concerns. Gay and lesbian rights

Debunking the myths

What is natural?

pt. 2: Counseling and pastoral issues. Gay sons and lesbian daughters

Lesbian women and the church

Married and gay, married and lesbian

pt. 3: Religious and clerical life. Surfacing the issues

Seminary and the religious candidates

Lesbian nuns and midlife transition

pt. 4: Evolving theological perspectives. U.S. bishops and current thinking

Theological contributions of the U.S. church

The U.S. church and global significance

Old wine in new skins?

Lesbian/gay theology and spirituality: the new frontier.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-213) and index.

The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture.

Local Notes:

Gift of the William Way LGBT Community Center.

Other Format:

Online version: Nugent, Robert, 1937-2014. Building bridges.

ISBN:

0896225038

9780896225039

OCLC:

19920319