TY  - BOOK
AU  - Erzen,Tanya
TI  - Straight to Jesus: Sexual and Christian Conversions in the Ex-Gay Movement
SN  - 9780520939059
AV  - BV4437.5 .E79 2006 
U1  - 261.835766 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Berkeley
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - New Hope Ministries
KW  - Case studies
KW  - fast
KW  - Church work with gays
KW  - California
KW  - San Rafael
KW  - Ex-gay movement
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Christian Life
KW  - Social Issues
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Christianity
KW  - General
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Steps Out of Homosexuality; 2. New Creations; 3. A Refuge from the World; 4. Arrested Development; 5. Testifying to Sexual Healing; 6. Love Won Out?; Conclusion: Walking in a Dark Room; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W
N2  - Focuses on the everyday lives of men and women at New Hope Ministry, a residential ex-gay program. This study traces the stories of people who have renounced long-term relationships and moved from other countries out of a conviction that the conservative Christian beliefs of their upbringing and their own same-sex desires are irreconcilable
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