Research Catalog

Title

Coming out within : stages of spiritual awakening for lesbians and gay men / Craig O'Neill and Kathleen Ritter.

Author

O'Neill, Craig.

Publication

San Francisco, Calif. : HarperSanFrancisco, c1992.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ritter, Kathleen.
• Ritter, Kathleen (Kathleen Yost)

Description

ix, 236 p.; 21 cm.

Summary

"Coming Out Within explores loss--feeling unacceptable to family, church, or workplace, losing loved one to AIDS; being despised by segments of society--as a catalyst for growth. Using an eight-stage model illustrated with real life stores, Ritter and O'Neill chart the process by which even the most poignant loss can facilitate personal and spiritual transformation"--Page 4 of cover.

Subject

• Gay people > Religious life
• Bereavement
• Gay people > Psychology
• Gay men > Religious life
• Lesbians > Religious life
• Gay men > Psychology
• Lesbians > Psychology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-236).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The Life Image -- The Path to Transformation -- Initial Awareness -- Holding On -- Letting Go -- Awareness of Loss -- Gaining Perspective -- Integrating Loss -- Reformulating Loss -- Transforming Loss -- Coming Out Within: Reflections on Transformed Lesbian and Gay Spirituality -- Appendix: Observations on Using the Loss Model.

ISBN

0062507060 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^91055287^

OCLC

• 23976957
• SCSB-10755629

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library