Queer virtue : what LGBTQ people know about life and love and how it can revitalize Christianity
2016
Book
"Frustrated by the notion that Christian love = tolerance, Edman argues that Christianity, at its scriptural core, is not a tradition that is hostile to queer people but is, in fact, itself inherently queer. Edman reveals how queering Christianity that is, disrupting simplistic ways of thinking about gender and sexuality--can illuminate contemporary Christian faith and shows why queer Christians are gifts to the Church, "--NoveList.
Item Details
ISBN:
- 9780807061350
- 9780807061343
- 9780807059081
- 0807061344
- 0807059080
Description: xiv, 181 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
- Part I. The path of queer virtue
- On the inherent queerness of Christianity
- Identity
- Risk
- Touch
- Scandal
- Adoption
- Part II. A priestly people
- Pride
- Coming out
- Authenticity
- Hospitality
- A wild, reckless dream of love.
LCCN: 2015027701
Control Number: 2376001
Publisher: Boston : Beacon Press, [2016]Series:
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