Religion Is a Queer Thing: A Guide to the Christian Faith for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Persons

by Elizabeth Stuart

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Since the mid-1980s, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered Christians have found confidence in their ability to define their own experience and think theologically about it. Queer theology has emerged as a distinctive theological tradition.

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An overview of the main aspects of the Christian faith from the perspective of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people. Dr Stuart is a professor of theology, Fr Braunston is a priest with the Metropolitan Community Chuch (www.mccmanchester.co.uk) Messers Edwards and Morrison are theologians and Mr McMahon is a cartoonist.

Mar 1, 2007

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