119 : My Life as a Bisexual Christian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sommers, Jaime.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sommers, Jaime.

Bisexuality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (162 pages)

Place of Publication:

London : Darton, Longman & Todd LTD, 2016.

Summary:

119: the number of words dedicated to bisexuality in the Church of England statement Issues in Human Sexuality. The words state that bisexuality inevitably leads to unfaithfulness, and prescribe celibacy, abstinence, heterosexual marriage or counselling 'to achieve inner healing'.~As a bisexual Christian woman, happily and faithfully married to a man, a mother of three children and with a blossoming ministry as a preacher, Jaime Sommers had always felt as if her true self did not really exist in the eyes of the Church. She could find neither theology nor pastoral support for a person who felt the need for physical closeness with both sexes in order to feel well or 'whole'.Following a brief, isolated incident in which Jaime kissed another woman, the full extent of the Church's inability to acknowledge or understand her identity became apparent. The disciplinary process to which she was subjected led to her suffering depression and anxiety and feelings of isolation.Jaime's powerful and emotive story reveals the failure of the Church - and of large parts of wider culture and society - to recognise and support the experience and needs of those who identify as the silent 'B' in LGBT.

Contents:

Cover

Halftitle

Titlepage

Coptyright

From Issues in Human Sexuality: A Statement by the House of Bishops (1991)

Dedication

FM1

Contents

FM2

Foreword by Canon Jeremy Pemberton

Introduction

1 Ugly, Lovely Town

2 Pogoing in the Spirit

3 Thirty-Second Hugs &amp

Toronto Blessings

4 Officially Straight: The Housewife Years

5 The Broken Jug

6 A License to Preach

7 Hole in the Sidewalk

8 A Living Nightmare

9 Another Street

10 Ninety-nine Per Cent Perspiration

11 Portrait of a Marriage

12 Dust down the Shoes

Epilogue

Appendices.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-232-53319-9

OCLC:

984307094