03746oam 2200721I 450 991046488940332120211022235303.01-138-11062-01-315-72873-71-317-54381-51-84465-879-110.4324/9781315728735(CKB)3710000000087072(EBL)1790989(SSID)ssj0001128165(PQKBManifestationID)12533422(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001128165(PQKBWorkID)11067065(PQKB)10762699(OCoLC)872676859(MiAaPQ)EBC1790989(Au-PeEL)EBL1790989(CaPaEBR)ebr10834931(CaONFJC)MIL647029(OCoLC)891447061(OCoLC)897455707(EXLCZ)99371000000008707220180706d2014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBeing the body of Christ towards a twentieth-century homosexual theology for the Anglican Church /Chris MounseyLondon ;New York :Routledge,2014.1 online resource (241 p.)Gender, theology, and spiritualityDescription based upon print version of record.1-322-15774-X 1-84553-951-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction: Homosexuality and Anglicanism; PART I; 1 Oscar Wilde: 'The Fisherman and His Soul' - The Failure of Organized Religion; 2 E.F. Benson: The David Blaize trilogy, A Sexuality Fit for My Lord - E.F.B., God and the Archbishop; 3 E.F. Benson: The David Blaize trilogy, A Sexuality Fit for My Lord - The Closet of Nightmares; 4 E.F. Benson: The David Blaize trilogy, A Sexuality Fit for My Lord - The Release of Masturbation5 E.F. Benson: The David Blaize trilogy, A Sexuality Fit for My Lord - From Boy Love to Manly Love: Marriage, Ministry and Maintaining the Gift of ContinencyPART II; 6 Edward Carpenter: Towards Democracy - The Greatest Poet England Never Had; 7 Alan Hollinghurst: The Swimming-Pool Library - The Belle Époque of a Prodigal; 8 Jeanette Winterson: Lighthousekeeping and The PowerBook - The Theology of the Body; Conclusion: Blindness and Insight - Some Reflections; Select Bibliography; Subject Index; Author IndexThe book explores the preoccupation of key twentieth-century English writers with theology and sexuality and how the Anglican Church has responded and continues to respond to the issue of homosexuality. Analysing the work of Oscar Wilde, E. F. Benson, Edward Carpenter, Jeanette Winterson, and Alan Hollingshurst, the book explores the literary tradition of exasperation at the church''s obduracy against homosexuality.Gender, theology, and spirituality.English fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismHomosexuality in literatureChristianity and literatureGreat BritainHistory20th centuryHomosexualityReligious aspectsAnglican CommunionElectronic books.English fictionHistory and criticism.Homosexuality in literature.Christianity and literatureHistoryHomosexualityReligious aspectsAnglican Communion.823/.91093538Mounsey Chris1959-,977655MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464889403321Being the body of Christ2227355UNINA