03568nam 22006015 450 991077765320332120230828210946.01-280-94712-897866109471260-8135-3926-91-4294-0239-310.36019/9780813539263(CKB)1000000000464991(EBL)1021850(OCoLC)71844508(SSID)ssj0000109346(PQKBManifestationID)11129597(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000109346(PQKBWorkID)10068672(PQKB)11620468(DE-B1597)529263(OCoLC)1121057321(DE-B1597)9780813539263(MiAaPQ)EBC1021850(EXLCZ)99100000000046499120191221d2006 fg 0engurun#---auuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBe Not Deceived The Sacred and Sexual Struggles of Gay and Ex-gay Christian Men /Michelle WolkomirNew Brunswick, NJ :Rutgers University Press,[2006]©20061 online resource (xiv, 225 pages)0-8135-3821-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Prologue --Part I. The Cultural Origins and Biographical Paths of the Dilemma --Part II. The Resolution of Dilemmas and the Transformative Process --Appendix --Notes --References --IndexHomosexuality has become increasingly accepted in mainstream America over the past two decades. Yet despite indications of progress that can be found everywhere from academia to popular culture, gay men and women remain the target of much discrimination and stigma, particularly within conservative Christianity. In Be Not Deceived, Michelle Wolkomir explores the difficult dilemma that gay Christians face in their attempts to reconcile their religious and sexual identities. She introduces the ideologies and practices of two alternative and competing ministries that offer solutions for Christians who experience homosexual desire. One organization-the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches-believes that God made people gay to suit divine purposes. Changing one's sexuality is therefore impossible and a defiance of God. In contrast, Exodus International preaches that homosexuality is a sin and a symptom of disordered psychological development-one that can be cured through redemptive prayer. By comparing participant experiences in these ministries, Wolkomir explores the paths and processes by which members learn to become gay or ex-gay Christians. Through careful analysis of the groups' ideologies, interactions, and symbolic resources, Be Not Deceived goes far beyond the obvious differences between the ministries to uncover their similarities, namely that both continue to define heterosexuality as the normative and dominant lifestyle.Christian gay menReligious lifeChristian gay menSexual behaviorChristian gay menReligious life.Christian gay menSexual behavior.261.8261.8/357662261.8357662Wolkomir Michelleauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut.1532081DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910777653203321Be Not Deceived3778131UNINA02399nam1 2200493 i 450 CFI001352720251003044108.019860718g1986 ||||0itac50 baitaitz01i xxxe z01nz01ncRDAcarrierCarteggioGiovanni Amendolaa cura di Elio D'AuriaRoma \ecc.!Laterza v.21 cm.Collezione di studi meridionali001CFI00163772001 Collezione di studi meridionali001CFI00163802000 [1]1897-1909Giovanni Amendola1001CFI01060282000 [2]1910-1912Giovanni Amendola2001IEI02126572000 [4!: 1919-1922Giovanni Amendolaa cura di Elio d'Auria4001IEI02563042000 [5]: 1923-1924Giovanni Amendolaa cura di Elio d'Auria5001TO007654142000 [3]: 1913-1918Giovanni Amendolaa cura di Elio D'Auria [e] dell'Associazione nazionale per gli interessi del Mezzogiorno d'Italia3AMENDOLA, GIOVANNILettere e carteggiFIRRAVC001647I328.45092PROCESSO LEGISLATIVO ITALIANO. Persone21328.45092PROCESSO LEGISLATIVO ITALIANO. Persone22328.45092PROCESSO LEGISLATIVO ITALIANO. Persone23945.091092STORIA D'ITALIA. REGNO DI VITTORIO EMANUELE III, 1900-1946. Persone20CarteggiLettereLettere e carteggiCarteggiLettereAmendola, Giovanni <1882-1926>MILV010519070117237D'Auria, ElioCFIV009664ITIT-00000019860718IT-BN0095 IT-NA0189 IT-NA0581 IT-NA0097 NAP FCCONTINUAZ.$NAP SPDOPP. DOPPIONINAP SPNF. NUOVO FONDONAP DPVREG Sala Emeroteca, CompattatiNAP 01POZZO LIB.Vi sono collocati fondi di economia, periodici di ingegneria e scienze, periodici di economia e statistica e altri fondi comprendenti documenti di economia pervenuti in dono. CFI0013527Biblioteca Centralizzata di Ateneov. 1-2 01POZZO LIB.F. ASSANTE 774 01 DP FC SPCarteggio2916824UNISANNIO