Other Sheep - Multicultural Ministries with Sexual Minorities

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Spirituality

Spirituality

John Fortunato, Embracing the Exile: Healing Journeys of Gay Christians, San Francisco, Harper,
1982.
Fortunato describes the grieving process of gay/lesbian Christians as they embrace the their
self-identities in exile from their churches.

Chris Glaser, Come Home! Reclaiming Spirituality and Community as Gay Men and Lesbians, San
Francisco, Harper & Row, 1990.
Glaser envisions a hopeful spirituality for gays/lesbians who feel exiled from their churches.

Michael B. Kelly, "Christmas, Sex, Longing and God: Towards a Spirituality of Desire," in Our
Families, Our Values: Snapshots of Queer Kinship, ed. by Robert E. Goss & Amy Adams Squires
Strongheart, New York, Haworth Press, 1997.
Kelly explores the liminal experience of sex, prayer, and spirituality in an integrated whole.

John J. McNeill, Taking a Change on God, Boston, Beacon Press, 1988.
McNeil explores spiritual and psychological supports that gays/lesbians can use to free themselves
from internalized self-hatred to celebrate gay/lesbian virtues such as hospitality, compasssion, and
creativity.

John J. McNeill, Freedom, Glorious Freedom, Boston, Beacon Press, 1995.
McNeill builds on his earlier develop of spirituality by stressing the need for gays/lesbians to cultivate
a direct relationship with God to find their place in the world. McNeil translates the best of Jesuit
spirituality into understandable concepts and practices for gay/lesbian Christians.

Melanie Morrison, Spirituality, Sexuality, & The Struggle for Justice, Cleveland, Pilgrim Press, 1995.
As a lesbian and a Christian, Morrison calls on the church to welcome wounded lesbians and gays
who have been alienated and harmed by homophobic church.

James B.Nelson, The Intimate Connection, Philadelphia: Male Sexuality, Masculine Spirituality, The
Westminster Press, 1988.
Nelson explores male spirituality, sexuality, homophobia, and violence. He calls for new ways for a
sexual spirituality.

Craig O'Neill & Kathleen Ritter, Coming Out Within: Stages of Spiritual Awakening for Lesbians and
Gay Men, HarperSanFrancisco, 1992.
O'Neill and Ritter articulate a developmental spirituality based on loss and working through grief.

Troy Perry, "A Meditation on Religion and Leatherspace," in Leatherfolk: Radical Sex, People,
Politics, and Practice, ed. by Mark Thompson, Boston. Alyson Publications, 1991, pp.247-251.
Perry speaks about leather practice and John the Baptist as a prototype for leather spirituality.

B. R. Simon Rosser, Gay Catholics Down Under: Journeys in Sexuality and Spirituality of Gay Men in
Australia and New Zealand, Green Publishing Group, 1992.
Book elaborates how Roman Catholic men have integrated thei homosexuality and spirituality.

Larry J. Uhrig, Sex Positive: A Gay Contribution to Sexual and Spiritual Union, Boston, Alyson Press,
1986.
Uhrig attempts to integrate gay sex and Christian spirituality.

Richard Woods, Another Kind of Love: Homosexuality and Spirituality, (3rd edition) Fort Wayne,
Knoll, 1988.
Woods uses the best of Catholic spirituality to integrate gay/lesbian practice. Woods
proves that there is traditional flexibility to allow for their inclusion into the church