Happy: LGBTQ+ Experiences of Australian Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity Paperback / softback
by Mark Jennings
Part of the Christianity and Renewal - Interdisciplinary Studies series
Paperback / softback
Description
This book relates the unique experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ+) people in Australian Pentecostal-Charismatic Christian churches.
Grounded in the theoretical contributions of Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, Lewis Coser, and others, the book exposes the discursive ‘battleground’ over the ‘truth’ of sex which underlies the participants’ stories.
These rich and complex narratives reveal the stakes of this conflict, manifested in ‘the line’ – a barrier restricting out LGBTQ+ people from full participation in ministry and service.
Although some participants related stories of supportive—if typically conservative—congregations where they felt able to live out an authentic, integrated faith, others found they could only leave their formerly close and supportive communities behind, ‘counter-rejecting’ the churches and often the faith that they felt had rejected them.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:293 pages, XV, 293 p.
- Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG
- Publication Date:03/01/2024
- Category:
- ISBN:9783031201462
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:293 pages, XV, 293 p.
- Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG
- Publication Date:03/01/2024
- Category:
- ISBN:9783031201462
