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Autore |
Erzen Tanya |
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Titolo |
Straight to Jesus [[electronic resource] ] : sexual and Christian conversions in the ex-gay movement / / Tanya Erzen |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2006 |
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ISBN |
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9786612358180 |
1-282-35818-9 |
0-520-93905-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (293 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Church work with gays - California - San Rafael |
Ex-gay movement - California - San Rafael |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Steps Out Of Homosexuality -- 2. New Creations -- 3. A Refuge From The World -- 4. Arrested Development -- 5. Testifying To Sexual Healing -- 6. Love Won Out? -- Conclusion: Walking In A Dark Room -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Every year, hundreds of gay men and lesbians join ex-gay ministries in an attempt to convert to non-homosexual Christian lives. In this fascinating study of the transnational ex-gay movement, Tanya Erzen focuses on the everyday lives of men and women at New Hope Ministry, a residential ex-gay program, over the course of several years. Straight to Jesus traces the stories of people who have renounced long-term relationships and moved from other countries out of a conviction that the conservative Christian beliefs of their upbringing and their own same-sex desires are irreconcilable. Rather than definitively changing from homosexual to heterosexual, the participants experience a conversion that is both sexual and religious as born-again evangelical Christians. At New Hope, they maintain a personal relationship with Jesus and build new forms of kinship and belonging. By becoming what they call "new creations," these men and women testify to religious |
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