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stages of spiritual awakening for lesbians and gay men
Coming Out Within explores loss--feeling unacceptable to family, church, or workplace, losing loved one to AIDS; being despised by segments of society--as a catalyst for growth. Using an eight-stage model illustrated with real life stores, Ritter and O'Neill chart the process by which even the most poignant loss can facilitate personal and spiritual transformation [from the back cover].
The Life Image -- The Path to Transformation -- Initial Awareness -- Holding On -- Letting Go -- Awareness of Loss -- Gaining Perspective -- Integrating Loss -- Reformulating Loss -- Transforming Loss -- Coming Out Within: Reflections on Transformed Lesbian and Gay Spirituality -- Appendix: Observations on Using the Loss Model.
The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-236).
San Francisco, Calif. : HarperSanFrancisco, ©1992