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Unnatural : spiritual resiliency in queer Christian women / Rachel Murr ; foreword by Jennifer Knapp.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Murr, Rachel, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Coming out (Sexual orientation).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 147 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Eugene, Oregon : Resource Publications, [2014]
- Summary:
- As a freshman in college, Rachel Murr found herself trying to decide which campus social group to join: the gay and lesbian advocacy group or the campus Christian fellowship. She knew it couldn't be both. For the next fifteen years she held onto the belief that she couldn't be both gay and Christian. When the pain involved in trying not to be lesbian called for a change in theology, she came out to her evangelical church. Conflict ensued.Unnatural is a collection of stories--not only of the harm religiously-inspired negative messages about homosexuality inflict, but also of redemption. Rachel uses her own story as well as personal interviews with ten other queer women and one female-to-male transgender man to tell how they were judged, lectured, kicked out of homes and families, subjected to reparative therapies, and even assaulted. Some faced homelessness, depression, suicide attempts, and pervasive shame. Still, they fought to keep their faith alive. Each demonstrated an Unnatural ability to forgive, love, believe, advocate, and heal.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781630874902
- 1630874906
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