Negotiating Spiritual Violence in the Queer Community
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- Description
- Contents
This volume is an attempt to serve as a venue for giving a voice to queer people from all faiths and no faiths to describe how they negotiate or have negotiated spiritual violence in their lives, as well as the voices of heterosexual allies who strive for the inclusion of queer people as a counter narrative to spiritual violence of full inclusion and embracement and demonstrate that some communities of faith do not operate from paradigms of violence, but instead operate with love, affirmation, and inclusion. These counter narratives are important.
This volume is a collection of narratives that describe a variety of experiences – stories of pain and rejection, joy, and overcoming and transformation. The voices of the authors in this collection are a mixture of personal narratives, theoretical or academic thought, and because art and spirituality often go hand-in-hand, some of the authors offer the reader more creative writing that reflects their ideas.
Introduction and Overall Framework; Jeff Sapp.
- Chapter 1. Catalyst; Jeff Sapp.
- Part I. Trauma And Religion.
- Part I Introduction; Jeff Sapp.
- Chapter 2. Waiting for the "Yes"; Christy E. Newman.
- Chapter 3. The Inclusion and Exclusion of the Faithful; Natalie Hickman.
- Chapter 4. The Sword of Biblical Authority; Tim Rymel.
- Chapter 5. Queering Their Honor; Izat El Amoor.
- Chapter 6. From Spiritual Violence to Total Rejection: The Spiritual Journey of a Church Musician; Paul Chamness Iida.
- Chapter 7. "Intrinsic Disorder": A View From Inside the Catholic Church in Australia; Paul Venzo.
- Chapter 8. Another Hospital Story; J. D. R. Mechelke.
- Chapter 9. The Path of Freedom: Gender in the Tantric Tradition of Arya Tara; Nick Dickinson.
- Part I Conclusion; Paul Chamness Iida.
- Part II. Reconciliation.
- Part II Introduction; Jeff Sapp.
- Chapter 10. The Living and the Dead; William E. Smith III.
- Chapter 11. The Tale of an Elephant: Trumpeting the Acceptance of LGBTQ+ Individuals in Religious Communities; Rob McKinney.
- Chapter 12. Waken Up by Spiritual Violence, Armed for Compassionate Education; Jason Man-bo Ho.
- Chapter 13. The Clobber Passages: You Have Your Scripture and I Have Mine; Jeff Sapp.
- Chapter 14. A Transgender Woman's Struggle Between Gender Identity and Christianity; K. Rachel Snow.
- Chapter 15. Negotating Spiritual Violence in the LGBTQ Community; Rotraut Jampa Wurst.
- Chapter 16. Narrative of Persecution—Narrative of Forgiveness; Andrew Marr.
- Chapter 17. Redemption; Kimberly Skach.
- Chapter 18. Queer Fables; Jeff Sapp.
- Part II Conclusion; Paul Chamness Iida.
- Part III. Allies.
- Part III Introduction; Jeff Sapp.
- Chapter 19. Bible Verses Like Grenades; Brianna Colon.
- Chapter 20. My Life With Others; James Morin.
- Chapter 21. From a Mother, to Her Daughter; Susie Rawlings.
- Chapter 22. Letter to Brandon; Travis Norvell.
- Part III Conclusion; Paul Chamness Iida.
- Chapter 23. Conclusion; Jeff Sapp.
- About the Editors.
- About the Contributors.