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The Gay Gospels
Keith Sharpe
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Description for The Gay Gospels
Paperback. This book refutes the idea that the Bible is homophobic and makes visible the gay lives and validated homoerotic experience to be found in it. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: 5S; HRCG; HRCV4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 224.
The place of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people in the Christian churches is a highly controversial issue. The stance of all the mainline churches is that homosexuality is sinful and incompatible with Christianity. In seeking to respond to attacks on their lives, identities and relationships LGBT Christians have moved over recent decades from a defensive position to a more affirmative position which asserts that there is evidence in the Bible and the Jesus tradition of validated homoerotic experience. This book presents a systematic overview of both the defensive and affirmative positions. In part one, The Defensive Testament, each ... Read more
The place of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people in the Christian churches is a highly controversial issue. The stance of all the mainline churches is that homosexuality is sinful and incompatible with Christianity. In seeking to respond to attacks on their lives, identities and relationships LGBT Christians have moved over recent decades from a defensive position to a more affirmative position which asserts that there is evidence in the Bible and the Jesus tradition of validated homoerotic experience. This book presents a systematic overview of both the defensive and affirmative positions. In part one, The Defensive Testament, each ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
214
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
214
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846945489
SKU
V9781846945489
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Ref
99-1
About Keith Sharpe
The author is a retired Professor of Education, now a gay Christian activist and writer involved with both the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement and Changing Attitude, of which he chairs the Sussex branch.
Reviews for The Gay Gospels
As Director of an evangelical outreach ministry to lesbian and gay people, I am constantly reminded of the way that church teachings on homosexuality have caused immense damage to human lives and relationships. With superb clarity of style and presentation, Dr Sharpe successfully demonstrates in 'The Gay Gospels' that these harsh teachings have no basis either in the Bible or ... Read more