Coming out as sacrament / Chris Glaser
- Bib ID:
- 745837
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Glaser, Chris
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Description:
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- Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, c1998
- 153, [2] p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0664257488 (alkaline paper) (paperback)
- Summary:
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Gay Christian author and activist Chris Glaser believes that sexual minorities, often denied their churches' traditional sacraments, have found unique access to the sacred in their lives: coming out of the closet. Glaser persuasively argues that coming out - as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered - has biblical precedence and sacramental dimensions. Using personal and biblical illustrations, he discusses coming out as an act of vulnerability, much like a sacrificial offering of ancient times, that invokes God's presence and effects atonement, or reconciliation. In this engaging book he shows how coming out, like other sacraments, may serve as a means of grace - that is, an experience of God's unconditional love.
- Full contents:
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- 1. Coming Out as Sacrament
- 2. Sacrifices and Scapegoats
- 3. God and Violence
- 4. Coming Out in the Bible
- 5. God Comes Out
- 6. Coming Out as Celebration
- 7. Rites for the Soul. Biblical Affirmations. Coming Out. A Call to Repentance. Turning the Tables. Embracing Our Cause. Reclaiming Our Baptism. Celebrating the Commonwealth.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]).
- Subject:
- Homosexuality -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1998
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