Queer and Catholic: [a life of contradiction]
"This superb memoir of a gay, working class boy from Manchester exploring how to reconcile his sexuality with his Catholicism is all the more powerful because of his deep knowledge of and commitment to his faith. Spanning the late 1960s to the present day, Mark Dowd's Queer and Catholic ch...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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London
Darton, Longman & Todd
2017
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Dowd, Mark 1960-
/ History 1960-2014
B Great Britain / Catholic church / Homosexuality / Homosexual |
| Further subjects: | B
Gay journalists (England) Biography
B Gay men (England) Biography B Gay men Religious life (England) B Autobiography B Dowd, Mark (1960-) B Catholic gays (England) Biography B Homosexuality Religious aspects Catholic Church B Catholic gay men (England) Biography |
| Summary: | "This superb memoir of a gay, working class boy from Manchester exploring how to reconcile his sexuality with his Catholicism is all the more powerful because of his deep knowledge of and commitment to his faith. Spanning the late 1960s to the present day, Mark Dowd's Queer and Catholic chronicles a changing attitude to same-sex attraction over more than half a century and is packed with stories in turn funny, deeply moving and spiritually insightful ..."--Publisher's website Preface -- My father ... and the Persil advert -- Talking in my sleep -- First love -- Friar -- Michael -- When my father helped me bury my father -- Queer and Catholic -- Pablo -- Vale of tears -- Saved by a saint |
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| ISBN: | 0232533091 |