Homophobia In The Black Church

Author : Anthony Stanford
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9798216098850

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Homophobia in the Black Church by Anthony Stanford Pdf

This book explains how faith, politics, and fear contribute to the homophobic mindset within the Black Church and the African American community. Homophobia in the Black Church: How Faith, Politics, and Fear Divide the Black Community explores the various reasons for the Black Church's aversion—and the general black cultural inflexibility—toward homosexuality, same-sex marriage, and acceptance of the LGBT community. It connects black cultural resistance toward homosexuality to politics, faith, and fear; follows the trail of faith-based funding to the pulpit of black mega-churches; and spotlights how members of the black clergy have sacrificed black LGBTQ Christians for personal and political advancement. The author systematically builds his case, linking the reasons blacks are intolerant of deviation from acceptable sexual behavior to the 1960s struggle for racial equality, and tying longstanding black sexual mores to present day politics, social conservatism, and the lure of federal funding to black churches and religious and social organizations. He also spotlights specific homophobic black ministers and draws back the curtain on their alliance with White social conservatives and religious and political extremists to reveal an improbable but powerful union.

Author : Douglas, Kelly Brown
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608337934

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Sexuality and the Black Church by Douglas, Kelly Brown Pdf

Author : Horace L. Griffin
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608995950

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Their Own Receive Them Not by Horace L. Griffin Pdf

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.

Author : Jr Bill Burwell
Publisher : Sunday School Publishing Board
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 193922554X

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Confronting Homophobia in the Black Church by Jr Bill Burwell Pdf

The age-old assertion that "A person cannot be born gay," true or not, has served as a burdensome shackle around the neck of the black church, producing a phobia that impedes its ability to focus on the task of making disciples as commanded by the Lord Jesus Christ. It is a belief more rooted in tradition than Scripture, as I have argued in this book. Moreover, it has added fuel to the firestorm of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Movement that has swept the country. We must confront the reality that irrespective of the cause of homosexuality, whether it is genetic or social, it is indeed a growing presence in our families, community, and churches. As such, it is a threat that we cannot simply ignore or think that we can pray away. In this book, I have attempted to explore and explain the range of homosexuality as well as the claims of the Gay-affirming Christian community, which is itself a debatable concept. In so doing, I have placed their Scripture twisting alongside the conclusions that sound hermeneutics demands to prove their errors. Most importantly, I have provided guidelines for confronting the issue with the quintessential reminder that the Great Commission is not to make heterosexuals, but rather to make disciples.

Author : Jackie Hill Perry
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781462751235

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Gay Girl, Good God by Jackie Hill Perry Pdf

“I used to be a lesbian.” In Gay Girl, Good God, author Jackie Hill Perry shares her own story, offering practical tools that helped her in the process of finding wholeness. Jackie grew up fatherless and experienced gender confusion. She embraced masculinity and homosexuality with every fiber of her being. She knew that Christians had a lot to say about all of the above. But was she supposed to change herself? How was she supposed to stop loving women, when homosexuality felt more natural to her than heterosexuality ever could? At age nineteen, Jackie came face-to-face with what it meant to be made new. And not in a church, or through contact with Christians. God broke in and turned her heart toward Him right in her own bedroom in light of His gospel. Read in order to understand. Read in order to hope. Or read in order, like Jackie, to be made new.

Author : J.L. King,Karen Hunter
Publisher : Harmony
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2005-04-05
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780767913997

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On the Down Low by J.L. King,Karen Hunter Pdf

A bold exposé of the controversial secret that has potentially dire consequences in many African American communities. Delivering the first frank and thorough investigation of life “on the down low” (the DL), J. L. King exposes a closeted culture of sex between black men who lead “straight” lives. King explores his own past as a DL man, and the path that led him to let go of the lies and bring forth a message that can promote emotional healing and open discussions about relationships, sex, sexuality, and health in the black community. Providing a long-overdue wake-up call, J. L. King bravely puts the spotlight on a topic that has until now remained dangerously taboo. Drawn from hundreds of interviews, statistics, and the author’s firsthand knowledge of DL behavior, On the Down Low reveals the warning signs African American women need to know. King also discusses the potential health consequences of having unprotected sex, as African American women represent an alarming 64 percent of new HIV infections. Volatile yet vital, On the Down Low is sure to be one of the most talked-about books of the year. “A survey by the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta found that nearly a quarter of black HIV-positive men who had sex with men consider themselves heterosexual.” —Essence

Author : Terry Brown
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2006-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780898697933

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Other Voices Other Worlds by Terry Brown Pdf

Leading Anglican writers from around the world challenge the assumption that the communion is split between a liberal 'north' and an orthodox 'south'. Anglican churches worldwide are sharply divided on homosexuality. The dominant sterotype is that of a "global south" unanimously lined up against homosexuality as immoral and sinful, and of a liberal and decadent global north. The differences between the two sides are seen as fundamental, and irreconcilable. Nothing is further from the truth: homosexual behavior exists across the whole Anglican Communion, whether it is openly celebrated or quietly integrated into local churches and cultures. In this extraordinary book, in development for several years, this is exposed as a myth. Christians throughout Africa, Asia, and the developing world - bishops, priests and religious, academics and lay writers - open up dramatic new perspectives on familiar arguments and debates. Topics include biblical interpretation, sexuality and doctrine, local history, sexuality and personhood, the influence of other faiths, issues of colonialism and post-colonialism, homophobia, and the place of homosexual persons in the church. Other Voices, Other Worlds reveals the rich historical and cross-cultural complexity to same-sex relationships, and injects dramatic new perspectives into a debate that has become stale and predictable.

Author : Douglas, Kelly Brown
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608337781

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The Black Christ by Douglas, Kelly Brown Pdf

Author : Megan Phelps-Roper
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780374715816

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Unfollow by Megan Phelps-Roper Pdf

The activist and TED speaker Megan Phelps-Roper reveals her life growing up in the most hated family in America At the age of five, Megan Phelps-Roper began protesting homosexuality and other alleged vices alongside fellow members of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas. Founded by her grandfather and consisting almost entirely of her extended family, the tiny group would gain worldwide notoriety for its pickets at military funerals and celebrations of death and tragedy. As Phelps-Roper grew up, she saw that church members were close companions and accomplished debaters, applying the logic of predestination and the language of the King James Bible to everyday life with aplomb—which, as the church’s Twitter spokeswoman, she learned to do with great skill. Soon, however, dialogue on Twitter caused her to begin doubting the church’s leaders and message: If humans were sinful and fallible, how could the church itself be so confident about its beliefs? As she digitally jousted with critics, she started to wonder if sometimes they had a point—and then she began exchanging messages with a man who would help change her life. A gripping memoir of escaping extremism and falling in love, Unfollow relates Phelps-Roper’s moral awakening, her departure from the church, and how she exchanged the absolutes she grew up with for new forms of warmth and community. Rich with suspense and thoughtful reflection, Phelps-Roper’s life story exposes the dangers of black-and-white thinking and the need for true humility in a time of angry polarization.

Author : Gerald M. Palmer
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-02
Category : AIDS (Disease)
ISBN : 9780557124640

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The Church Has AIDS: Essays on Sexuality, Sexual Orientation, Taboos, and the Black Church by Gerald M. Palmer Pdf

The Church Has AIDS explores the social issues and stigmas that fuel the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the African American community. Minister Palmer looks at religious based heterosexism and religiosity and it's impact over such issues as sexuality and sexual orientation in an upfront and in your face manner.

Author : Ashon T. Crawley
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780823274567

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Blackpentecostal Breath by Ashon T. Crawley Pdf

In this profoundly innovative book, Ashon T. Crawley engages a wide range of critical paradigms from black studies, queer theory, and sound studies to theology, continental philosophy, and performance studies to theorize the ways in which alternative or “otherwise” modes of existence can serve as disruptions against the marginalization of and violence against minoritarian lifeworlds and possibilities for flourishing. Examining the whooping, shouting, noise-making, and speaking in tongues of Black Pentecostalism—a multi-racial, multi-class, multi-national Christian sect with one strand of its modern genesis in 1906 Los Angeles—Blackpentecostal Breath reveals how these aesthetic practices allow for the emergence of alternative modes of social organization. As Crawley deftly reveals, these choreographic, sonic, and visual practices and the sensual experiences they create are not only important for imagining what Crawley identifies as “otherwise worlds of possibility,” they also yield a general hermeneutics, a methodology for reading culture in an era when such expressions are increasingly under siege.

Author : Dutchess Renee Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : African American clergy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105129860149

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Homosexuality and the Black Church by Dutchess Renee Jones Pdf

Author : Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Homophobia
ISBN : NWU:35556035632405

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Christian Homophobia by Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement Pdf

Author : Delroy Constantine-Simms
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Education
ISBN : 1555835643

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The Greatest Taboo by Delroy Constantine-Simms Pdf

Lively discourse and foster greater understanding of this internationally important, vastly misunderstood, and fascinating area of study. Book jacket.

Author : Ellen Lewin
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 022653717X

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Filled with the Spirit by Ellen Lewin Pdf

In 2001, a collection of open and affirming churches with predominantly African American membership and a Pentecostal style of worship formed a radically new coalition. The group, known now as the Fellowship of Affirming Ministries or TFAM, has at its core the idea of “radical inclusivity”: the powerful assertion that everyone, no matter how seemingly flawed or corrupted, has holiness within. Whether you are LGBT, have HIV/AIDS, have been in prison, abuse drugs or alcohol, are homeless, or are otherwise compromised and marginalized, TFAM tells its people, you are one of God’s creations. In Filled with the Spirit, Ellen Lewin gives us a deeply empathetic ethnography of the worship and community central to TFAM, telling the story of how the doctrine of radical inclusivity has expanded beyond those it originally sought to serve to encompass people of all races, genders, sexualities, and religious backgrounds. Lewin examines the seemingly paradoxical relationship between TFAM and traditional black churches, focusing on how congregations and individual members reclaim the worship practices of these churches and simultaneously challenge their authority. The book looks closely at how TFAM worship is legitimated and enhanced by its use of gospel music and considers the images of food and African American culture that are central to liturgical imagery, as well as how understandings of personal authenticity tie into the desire to be filled with the Holy Spirit. Throughout, Lewin takes up what has been mostly missing from our discussions of race, gender, and sexuality—close attention to spirituality and faith.