On Being Church in the New Millennium: The Challenge and Gift of Gay Believers
Taking his childhood experiences in the American South as a starting point, Lindsey explores the scapegoating of marginalized groups. Vicious processes of social exclusion are resisted by those targeted as ‘demeaned outsiders’. However, their experience gives them a special knowledge of how structur...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
2002
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Theology & sexuality
Year: 2002, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 110-117 |
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Summary: | Taking his childhood experiences in the American South as a starting point, Lindsey explores the scapegoating of marginalized groups. Vicious processes of social exclusion are resisted by those targeted as ‘demeaned outsiders’. However, their experience gives them a special knowledge of how structures of power function. Gay Christians are in a position to translate this knowledge into a call for radical transformation that is vital for the survival of the church. The gift gay believers offer is a vision of the church as it might become; an imagined community of the future rather than a memorial of the past. |
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ISSN: | 1745-5170 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology & sexuality
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/135583580200900107 |