Gay religion / edited by Scott Thumma and Edward R. Gray ; foreword, William McKinney and Mary A. Tolbert ; introduction, Edward R. Gray and Scott Thumma.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thumma, Scott, 1957-

Gray, Edward R., 1958-

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay people--Religious life--United States.

Gay people.

Homosexuality--Religious aspects.

Gay people--Religious life.

Homosexuality.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (471 p.)

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2005.

Place of Publication:

Walnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press, ©2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While homosexuals continue gaining acceptance in other arenas of American culture, only a tiny minority of religious groups accept gays and lesbians as full members and potential clergy. Serious conflicts over homosexuality threaten to break apart several large U.S. denominations. Yet these heated theological debates can often obscure what religious gays and lesbians are actually doing. Gay Religion is the first book to objectively present the spiritual lives, practices and expressions of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and the transgendered. Drawing from a wide range of religious traditions, new an

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword WILLIAM McKINNEY AND MARY A.TOLBERT; Introduction EDWARD R. GRAY AND SCOTT THUMMA; Part I: Denominational Heritage Expressions; CHAPTER 1 The Gay God of the City: The Emergence of the Gay and Lesbian Ethnic Parish LEONARD NORMAN PRIMIANO; CHAPTER 2 Reconciling Congregations Bridging Gay and Straight Communities WENDY CADGE; CHAPTER 3 No Longer an Oxymoron: Integrating Gay and Lesbian Seventh-day Adventist Identities RENÉ DRUMM; CHAPTER 4 Negotiating a Religious Identity: The Case of the Gay Evangelical SCOTT THUMMA

CHAPTER 5 Why Join a Gay Synagogue? MOSHE SHOKEIDCHAPTER 6 Latter-day Saint Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Spirituality RICHLEY H. CRAPO; CHAPTER 7 Sexuality and Gender in Santería: LGBT Identities at the Crossroads of Santería Religious Practices and Beliefs SALVADOR VIDAL-ORTIZ; CHAPTER 8 Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Buddhist Practitioners WENDY CADGE; CHAPTER 9 Shades of Grey or Back to Nature? The Enduring Qualities of Ex-Gay Ministries CHRISTY M. PONTICELLI; Part II: Subaltern/Sectarian Expressions

CHAPTER 10 Pluralism and Diversity: Music as Discourse and Information in a Gay and Lesbian Congregation W. BERNARD LUKENBILLCHAPTER 11 ""St. Gerard Teaches Him That Love Cancels That Out:"" Devotion to St. Gerard Maiella among Italian American Catholic Gay Men in Newark, New Jersey PETER SAVASTANO; CHAPTER 12 A Religion of One's Own: Gender and LGBT Religiosities MELISSA M. WILCOX; CHAPTER 13 Liberation in Truth: African American Lesbians Reflect on Religion, Spirituality, and Their Church ARYANA BATES

CHAPTER 14 Utopian Imaginaries and Faerie Practice: Mapping Routes of Relational Agency JAY HASBROUCKCHAPTER 15 Queering the Dragonfest: Changing Sexualities in a Post-Patriarchal Religion MARY JO NEITZ; Part III: Popular Expressions; CHAPTER 16 The Gospel Hour: Liminality, Identity, and Religion in a Gay Bar EDWARD R. GRAY AND SCOTT THUMMA; CHAPTER 17 Intermediaries: Spirit and Transcendence in a Sample of ""Third-Gendered"" North Americans INGRID SELL; CHAPTER 18 Rite to Party: Circuit Parties and Religious Experience PAUL J. GORRELL

CHAPTER 19 The Harvey Milk Show: Violence, Desire, and Gay Popular Culture EDWARD R. GRAYCHAPTER 20 Gay Men's Spiritual Experience in the Leather Community THOMAS V. PETERSON; CHAPTER 21 The Spirit Within: Gay Male Culture as a Spiritual Venue DONALD L. BOISVERT; Conclusion: Gay Religion as a Cultural Production R. MARIE GRIFFITH; Appendix; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-432) and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-42292-1

979-82-16-23832-4

0-7591-0326-7

0-7591-1506-0

OCLC:

856869268