Their Own Receive Them Not: African American Lesbians and Gays in Black Churches
In Their Own Receive Them Not, Griffin provides a historical overview and critical analysis of the black church and its current engagement with lesbian and gay Christians, and shares ways in which black churches can learn to reach out and confront all types of oppression—not just race—in order to do the work of the black community.
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In Their Own Receive them Not, Horace L. Griffin provides a historical overview and critical analysis of the black church and its current engagement with lesbian and gay Christians, and shares ways in which black churches can learn to reach out and confront all types of oppression – not just race – in order to do the work of the black community.
Preface viiAcknowledgments xvIntroduction 11 Religious and Cultural Reflections on Race and Homosexuality 92 The Black Church, the Bible, and the Battle over Homosexuality 483 Natural Law, Choice, Procreation, and Other Black Church Arguments against Homosexuality 764 Black, Gay, and Christian in the Black Church 1085 Passing, Silence, Denial, and Gay Deceptions in Black Churches 1426 The Black Church and AIDS 1667 The Emergence of African American Lesbian/Gay Christian Congregations in the United States 1858 Toward a True Liberation Theology for Pastoral Caregivers 207Bibliography 227Index 233
