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Acts of faith, acts of love : gay Catholic autobiographies as sacred texts /

Publisher's description: It is widely admitted that Roman Catholic teaching on homosexuality is schizophrenic: morally rigorous but pastorally progressive. Dominican theologian Gareth Moore says the problem stems from the church's focus on "acts" rather than "relationships&q...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McGinley, Dugan (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Continuum, 2004.
Subjects:
Catholic gay men > United States > Biography > History and criticism.
Catholic gays > United States > Biography > History and criticism.
Autobiography > Religious aspects > Catholic Church.
Homosexuality > Religious aspects > Catholic Church.
Homosexuels masculins catholiques > États-Unis > Biographies > Histoire et critique.
Autobiographie > Aspect religieux > Église catholique.
Homosexualité > Aspect religieux > Église catholique.
United States.
Homosexueller
Katholische Kirche.
USA.
Biography
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biographies.
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Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Surveying autobiographical acts
  • Narrating gay identification
  • Orbiting the Catholic axis
  • "Homosexual acts"
  • Reconciliation.