Adam's Gift : A Memoir of a Pastor's Calling to Defy the Church's Persecution of Lesbians and Gays /

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Jimmy Creech, a United Methodist pastor in North Carolina, was visited one morning in 1984 by Adam, a longtime parishioner whom he liked and respected. Adam said that he was gay, and that he was leaving The United Methodist Church, which had just pronounced that "self-avowed practicing homosexu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Creech, Jimmy (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, [2011]
Temas:
Homosexuality > Religious aspects > United Methodist Church (U.S.).
RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. Adam
  • Chapter 2. Orientation
  • Chapter 3. Reorientation
  • Chapter 4. Stepping Off the Curb
  • Chapter 5. A Pastor Again
  • Chapter 6. Covenant Ceremony
  • Chapter 7. Hell Breaks Loose
  • Chapter 8. Under Siege
  • Chapter 9. Pretrial
  • Chapter 10. The Church on Trial
  • Chapter 11. Aftershock
  • Chapter 12. New Challenges
  • Chapter 13. Blessing Withdrawn
  • Chapter 14. Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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