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Title Negotiating spiritual violence in the queer community / edited by Jeff Sapp, Paul Chamness Iida
Published Charlotte, NC : Information Age Publishing, 2019

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Description xxii, 210 pages ; 24 cm
Series Research in queer studies
Summary "An attempt to serve as a venue for giving a voice to queer people from all faiths and no faiths to describe how they negotiate of have negotiated spriritual violence in their lives, as well as the voices of heterosexual allies who strive for the inclusion of queer people as a counter narrative to spiritual violence of full inclusion and embracement and demonstrate that some communities of faith do not operate from paradigms of violence, but instead operate with live, affirmation, and inclusion. These counter narratives are important. This volume is a collection of narratives that describe a variety of experiences - stories of pain and rejection, joy and overcoming and transformation. The voices of the authors in this collection are a mixture of personal narratives, theoretical or academic thought, and because art and spirituality often go hand-in-hand, some of the authors offer the reader more creative writing that reflects their ideas."-- from back cover
Contents Introduction and overall framework -- 1. Catalyst -- Part I: Trauma and religion -- Part I introduction -- 2. Waiting for the yes -- 3. The inclusion and exclusion of the faithful -- 4. The sword of biblical authority -- 5. Queering their honor -- 6. From spiritual violence to total rejection: the spiritual journey of a church musician -- 7. "Intrinsic disorder": a view from inside the Catholic Church -- 8. Another hospital story -- 9. The path of freedom: gender in the tantric tradition -- Part I. Conclusion -- Part II: Reconciliation -- Part II. Introduction -- 10. The living and the dead -- 11. The tale of an elephant trumpeting the acceptance -- 12. Waken up by spiritual violence, armed for compassionate -- 13. The clobber passages: you have your scripture -- 14. A transgender woman's struggle betwen gender identity -- 15. Negotiating spiritual violence in the LGBTQ community -- 16. Narrative of persecution - narrative of forgiveness -- 17. Redemption -- 18. Queer fables -- Part II conclusion -- Part III: Allies -- Part III. Introduction -- 19. Bible verses like grenades -- 20. My life with others -- 21. From a mother, to her daughter -- 22. Letter to Brandon -- Part III Conclusion -- Conclusion -- About the editors -- About the contributors.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Sexual minority community.
Sexual minorities -- Religious life.
Homosexuality -- Religious aspects.
Author Sapp, Jeffrey Lynn. editor
Iida, Paul Chamness, editor
ISBN 9781641136235 (paperback)
9781641136242 (hardback)