Contemporary Christianity and LGBT sexualities / edited by Stephen Hunt.

Contributor(s):

Hunt, Stephen, 1954-

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Media type:

computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780754697695
075469769X
0754676242
9780754676249

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Contemporary Christianity and LGBT sexualities.DDC classification:

261.8/35776 22

LOC classification:

BR115.H6 C684 2009eb

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EBSCOhost

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The Gift that Dare not Speak its Name; 2 Between Subordination and Sympathy: Evangelical Christians, Masculinity and Gay Sexuality; 3 Common Pathways, Different Lives; 4 Bisexual Christians: The Life-Stories of a Marginalised Community; 5 Transgendering Christianity: Gender-Variant Christians as Visionaries; 6 Human Rights and Moral Wrongs: The Christian 'Gay Debate' in the Secular Sphere; 7 Christians and Gays in Northern Ireland; 8 Is it Meaningful to Speak of 'Queer Spirituality'?

Summary: In Contemporary Christianity and LGBT Sexualities rich empirical material is presented by a team of experts to constitute the first comprehensive sociological study of 'non-hetero' sexualities in relation to contemporary Christianity. It will appeal to sociologists, scholars of religion and theology as well as readers across a range of social sciences.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

In Contemporary Christianity and LGBT Sexualities rich empirical material is presented by a team of experts to constitute the first comprehensive sociological study of 'non-hetero' sexualities in relation to contemporary Christianity. It will appeal to sociologists, scholars of religion and theology as well as readers across a range of social sciences.