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Special Illumination: Authority, Inspiration and Heresy in Gay Spirituality


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Gay Spirituality represents a hidden stream in Western thought that in the wake of Gay Liberation has finally declared itself and enlarged its borders. Since "coming out" in the 1970s against the background of a liberationist secularism that at first ignored it, expressions of gay spirituality are many and increasing. Beginning with especially gay theology within Christianity the phenomenon has reached everywhere from Buddhism to neo-paganism. But so far critical assessment of the movement is minimal to non existent. This lack is due to a refusal to regard the trend as more than a claim to rights and acceptance within religious circles as opposed to the more serious questioning of the self, of vision and of ethics. Gay Spirituality should be seen not just as supplementary to religion but a question directed at the heart of religion itself in which, at least historically, gay/queer people have often had an influential role. The controversy that is Gay Spirituality is thus a major one that anyone interested in religious issues can no longer afford to overlook. If Gay Spirituality does not disrupt religion as conservatives fear, it should be seen as a way forward, the gift to religion of "a special illumination".

Table of Contents:
Foreword; PART ONE: AUTHORITY; Chapter One: General Introduction; Chapter Two: Gay Theology; Chapter Three: Queer Spirituality and Theology; Chapter Four: Experience and Gay Pastoral Theology; PART TWO: INSPIRATION; Chapter Five: Towards a Faerie Vision; Chapter Six: Inside the Faerie Vision, Spirit and Soul; Chapter Seven: Gay Mystics; Chapter Eight: The Way of Eros and Ganymede; PART THREE: HERESY; Chapter Nine: Uses and Abuses of Heresy; Chapter Ten: Achieving Synthesis; Afterword: Incompletion and the Ethical Question

About the Author :
Rollan McCleary currently lives in Melbourne, Australia. He obtained his doctorate in gay spirituality from the University of Queensland in Brisbane. His recently published Signs for a Messiah (Hazard Press) examines various controversial issues surrounding Jesus such as astrological theories regarding his birth and contemporary questions regarding his sexuality.

Review :
'Rollan McCleary's work opens up new dimensions to the study of spirituality and our understanding of sexuality. He offers an intriguing and thought-provoking thesis that will challenge and engage its audience.' Revd. Canon Prof. Martyn Percy, Principal, Ripon College Cuddesdon 'This is an important book. For students of the burgeoning field of gay spirituality, it is a sort of must-read; McCleary manages to touch on nearly every theme and to comment on nearly every writer and luminary in the field' Toby Johnson, LAMBDA journal


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781904768531
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Equinox Publishing Ltd
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 320
  • Weight: 703 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1904768539
  • Publisher Date: 01 Nov 2004
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Authority, Inspiration and Heresy in Gay Spirituality
  • Width: 156 mm


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