LEADER 03874oam 2200733I 450 001 9910789114903321 005 20151002020706.0 010 $a1-317-54380-7 010 $a1-138-11062-0 010 $a1-315-72873-7 010 $a1-317-54381-5 010 $a1-84465-879-1 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315728735 035 $a(CKB)3710000000087072 035 $a(EBL)1790989 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001128165 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12533422 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001128165 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11067065 035 $a(PQKB)10762699 035 $a(OCoLC)872676859 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1790989 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1790989 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10834931 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL647029 035 $a(OCoLC)891447061 035 $a(OCoLC)897455707 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB136689 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781844658794 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000087072 100 $a20180706d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBeing the body of Christ $etowards a twentieth-century homosexual theology for the Anglican Church /$fChris Mounsey 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (233 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aGender, theology, and spirituality 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-322-15774-X 311 $a1-84553-951-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 Masturbation 327 $a5 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 E?poque 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 Index 330 $aThe book explores the preoccupation of key twentieth-century English writers with theology and sexuality and how the Anglican Church has responded and continues to respond to the issue of homosexuality. Analysing the work of Oscar Wilde, E. F. Benson, Edward Carpenter, Jeanette Winterson, and Alan Hollingshurst, the book explores the literary tradition of exasperation at the church's obduracy against homosexuality. 410 0$aGender, theology, and spirituality. 606 $aEnglish fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aHomosexuality in literature 606 $aChristianity and literature$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aHomosexuality$xReligious aspects$xAnglican Communion 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aHomosexuality in literature. 615 0$aChristianity and literature$xHistory 615 0$aHomosexuality$xReligious aspects$xAnglican Communion. 676 $a823/.91093538 700 $aMounsey$b Chris$f1959-,$0977655 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789114903321 996 $aBeing the body of Christ$93737657 997 $aUNINA