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Toxic shame in the church : LGBT+ Christians at the edges of belonging / Brenda A. Hopkins.
Van Pelt Library BV639.S49 H67 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hopkins, Brenda A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sex--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Sex.
- Sexual minorities--Religious life.
- Sexual minorities.
- Christian sexual minorities--Religious life.
- Christian sexual minorities.
- Christian gay people.
- Christian trans people.
- Shame--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Shame.
- LGBTQ+ Christians.
- LGBTQ+ people.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 171 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : SCM Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- "LGBT+ Christians are often faced with an impossible choice in the Church: to say and risk further exposure to toxic shaming, or to leave and grieve the loss of a formational community. This book is a theological response to this dilemma, exploring the liminal space at the edges of belonging. Grounded in an autoethnographic approach, this book draws from the author's personal experiences as a gay woman and former priest who faced institutional shaming. Drawing on practical theologies of shame, and the work of Christian anthropology, it challenges traditional theological perspectives on sin and human nature, proposing a person-centred model that emphasizes unconditional love and positive self-regard. By exposing and addressing the Church's role in constructing shame, the book proposes a pathway towards healing and self-acceptance for those marginalized by faith-based shaming" -- Publisher.
- Contents:
- Preface
- Alpha : the dream and the beginning of a journey, winter 2016
- Introduction : longing and revulsion at the edges of church
- The theological problem of shame (and why the church's answers are inadequate for LGBT+ Christians)
- The chronicles of shame for LGBT+ Christians : a lived experience
- Sin and shame through a person-centred lense
- Seeing self through the eyes of unconditional love
- Omega : the dream revisited, Summer 2023.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Hopkins, Brenda A. Toxic shame in the church.
- ISBN:
- 0334063736
- 9780334063735
- OCLC:
- 1504236412
- Publisher Number:
- 90103822370
- CIPO000249038
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