Research Catalog

Title

Their own receive them not : African American lesbians and gays in Black churches / Horace L. Griffin.

Author

Griffin, Horace L., 1961-

Publication

Cleveland, Ohio : Pilgrim Press, 2006.

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Details

Description

xvi, 240 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"In Their Own Receive Them Not, Griffin provides a historical overview and critical analysis of the black church and its current engagement with lesbian and gay Christians, and shares ways in which black churches can learn to reach out and confront all types of oppression - not just race - in order to do the work of the black community."--Jacket.

Subject

• Homosexuality > Religious aspects > Christianity
• African Americans > Religion
• Gay people > Religious life > United States
• African Americans > Religion
• Gays > Religious life
• Homosexuality > Religious aspects > Christianity
• Homosexuality
• Monosexuality
• Sexual orientation
• Gay men
• Sexual minorities
• Men
• LGBTQ+ people
• Gender identity
• Sexual preference
• United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-232) and index.

Contents

Introduction -- Religious and cultural reflections on race and homosexuality -- The Black church, the Bible, and the battle over homosexuality -- Natural law, procreation, and other Black church arguments against homosexuality -- Black, gay, and Christian in the Black church -- Passing, silence, denial, and gay deceptions in Black churches -- The Black church and AIDS -- The emergence of African American lesbian/gay Christian congregations in the United States -- Toward a true liberation theology for pastoral caregivers.

ISBN

• 0829815996
• 9780829815993

LCCN

• 2006012491
• 9780829815993

OCLC

• ocm67383670
• 67383670
• SCSB-1428561

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library