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Author Edman, Elizabeth M., 1962- author.

Title Queer virtue : what LGBTQ people know about life and love and how it can revitalize Christianity / The Reverend Elizabeth M. Edman.

Publication Info. Boston : Beacon Press, [2016]
Location Call No. Status
 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  230.08664 EDM    AVAILABLE
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Description xiv, 181 pages ; 24 cm.
Series Queer action/queer ideas.
Contents The path of queer virtue -- On the inherent queerness of Christianity -- Identity -- Risk -- Touch -- Scandal -- Adoption -- A priestly people -- Pride -- Coming out -- Authenticity -- Hospitality -- A wild, reckless dream of love.
Summary LGBTQ people are a gift to the Church and have the potential to revitalize Christianity. Frustrated by the notion that zChristian love = tolerance,y 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 zqueeringy Christianitythat is, disrupting simplistic ways of thinking about gender and sexualitycan illuminate contemporary Christian faith and shows why queer Christians are gifts to the Church.
Subject Queer theology.
Sex -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Queer theory.
Christianity.
ISBN 9780807061343 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0807061344 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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