Taking a Chance on God: Liberating Theology for Gays, Lesbians, and Their Lovers, Families, and Friends
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Father John J. McNeill thoughtfully explains how both tradition and Scripture support the love between people of the same sex and shows that a positive gay identity is compatible with Christian faith. Library Journal The author of The Church and the Homosexual (Beacon Pr., 1988. 3d ed.), former Jesuit McNeill was expelled from his order for violating the Vatican's demand that he remain silent concerning homosexuality and that he cease his ministry among gay men and lesbians. This book, his first published statement since his expulsion, has a singular merit: no apology for homosexuality, it is addressed directly to lesbians and gay men, treating their spiritual and psychological concerns with much success. Of particular importance to seminary and other religious libraries, this book will also be useful in public libraries, since it is geared to the common believer who happens to be gay.James Michael MacLeod, Library of Congress
Preface to the 1996 EditionPreface to the 1988 EditionPt. 1Growing Up in Our Faith: Spiritual Life and the Gay Experience1Ch. 1Developing a Mature Faith Life3Ch. 2The Challenge of Gay Atheism12Ch. 3Pathological Religion and Healthy Religion16Ch. 4Spiritual Maturity: A Challenge for Lesbian and Gay Christians22Pt. 2Intimacy with God27Ch. 5Dealing with Anger30Ch. 6Liberation from Fear42Ch. 7Lifting the Burden of Guilt, Shame, and Self-Hate54Pt. 3Releasing God's Power75Ch. 8Trusting in God77Ch. 9Thanks Be to God81Ch. 10Reconciliation and God's Presence84Pt. 4The Gay Virtues91Ch. 11The Spirit of Hospitality95Ch. 12The Virtue of Compassion100Pt. 5Celebrating Life109Ch. 13The Freedom to Play111Ch. 14This Is My Body121Ch. 15Sex as Play129Ch. 16The Relationship between Mary, the Mother of God, and the Gay and Lesbian Community137Pt. 6Unto Dust You Shall Return145Ch. 17The Christian Understanding of Death, Resurrection, and Time148Ch. 18Reflections on Judgment159Ch. 19Reflections on Mourning168Pt. 7The Necessity of a Gay Spiritual Community177Ch. 20The Role of a Gay Christian Community179Ch. 21Conversion and the Gay Christian Community186Ch. 22The Future of the Gay Christian Community193Epilogue: A Liberation Spirituality Based on Gay and Lesbian Experience200Notes207
