04481nam 2200973 a 450 991081972670332120231212134515.097866123581801-282-35818-90-520-93905-010.1525/9780520939059(CKB)1000000000766265(EBL)470828(OCoLC)609849897(SSID)ssj0000310443(PQKBManifestationID)11236870(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000310443(PQKBWorkID)10288984(PQKB)11636366(MiAaPQ)EBC470828(DE-B1597)518998(DE-B1597)9780520939059(Au-PeEL)EBL470828(CaPaEBR)ebr10676247(CaONFJC)MIL235818(EXLCZ)99100000000076626520050811d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrStraight to Jesus[electronic resource] sexual and Christian conversions in the ex-gay movement /Tanya ErzenBerkeley University of California Press20061 online resource (293 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-24581-4 0-520-24582-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 --IndexEvery 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 transformation rather than changes in sexual desire or behavior. Straight to Jesus exposes how the Christian Right attempts to repudiate gay identity and political rights by using the ex-gay movement as evidence that "change is possible." Instead, Erzen reveals, the realities of the lives she examines actually undermine this anti-gay strategy.Church work with gay peopleCaliforniaSan RafaelCase studiesEx-gay movementCaliforniaSan RafaelCase studiesborn again christians.christian conversions.christian lives.christian ministries.christian right.christianity.conservative christianity.evangelical christians.ex gay ministries.ex gay movement.gay identity.gay men.heterosexuality.homosexuality.human rights.jesus.lesbians.lgbtq.men and women.new hope ministry.nonfiction.political rights.religious transformation.romantic relationships.same sex desire.sexual conversions.sexual desire.sexuality.social history.transnationalism.Church work with gay peopleEx-gay movement306.6/6183576Erzen Tanya1137039MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819726703321Straight to Jesus3930195UNINA