Get Ebooks Gay Spirituality: The Role Of Gay Identity In The Transformation Of Human Consciousness (White Crane Spirituality Series)
In this Lambda Literary award-winning title, author Toby Johnson explores how the rise of gay identity has become an important part of contemporary religious development. This dramatic transformation has resulted due to the perspective of gay men; their ability to step outside the assumptions and conventions of culture and see things from a different point of view. This audiobook will reward readers seeking new insight into faith as well as culture, myth and traditions.
Audible Audio Edition
Listening Length: 8 hours and 57 minutes
Program Type: Audiobook
Version: Unabridged
Publisher: Lethe Press
Audible.com Release Date: February 8, 2014
Whispersync for Voice: Ready
Language: English
ASIN: B00IB3WAR4
Best Sellers Rank: #117 in Books > Religion & Spirituality > New Age & Spirituality > Sacred Sexuality #1050 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Specific Demographics > Gay & Lesbian #1050 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Philosophy > Consciousness & Thought
On a daily basis, gay people are inundated with negative messages in every realm: social, political, cultural, and religious-especially religious. Many, if not most, mainstream churches have deliberate proscriptions against homosexuality, and with all that we've seen lately in the news, there seems to be no end in sight to the strife. Despite the fact that each year scientists offer more proof that sexual orientation is genetic (i.e. that's the way God made us), many churchgoers and clergy discriminate against gay people.Lost in the midst of the polemics and condemnations are millions of non-heterosexual people trying to make their way in a world where matters of the Spirit are land mines and the path of that same Spirit does not always appear accessible. In his marvelous new book on this topic, Toby Johnson writes: "There is a Sufi saying: 'If the rose knew what the gardener's care would result in come spring, it would joyfully bend to the pruning knife.' Gay people experience pruning in late childhood and early adulthood. We realize the truth of our orientation and have to give up familial and cultural expectations of what our lives will be. Often we experience ridicule and ostracism by schoolmates and peers, along with rejection and disapproval by parents. Even if we grow up feeling it is okay to be gay, we experience confusion and trauma because we will not follow in the path that our parents, teachers, and role models have laid before us" (p. 239) It's this very phenomenon that tends to alienate gay people from churches and from the life-force of the Spirit.For gay men, in particular, Toby Johnson' book GAY SPIRITUALITY is a lifesaver.
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