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Title Rainbow in the word : LGBTQ Christians' biblical memoirs / edited by Ellin Sterne Jimmerson ; foreword by Viki Matson
Published Eugene : Wipf and Stock Publishers, [2017]
©2017

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 80 pages) : illustrations
Contents Machine generated contents note: pt. I Rainbow in the Old Testament -- 1. Queering the Fall / Jeff Hood -- 2. Outskirts of Sodom / Tyler Heston -- 3. Crossroads / Jonathan Freeman-Coppadge -- 4. For Such a Time as This / Kenny Pierce -- 5. Falling for Ebed Melech / Peterson Toscano -- pt. II Memories -- 6. Three Poems / Lisa A. Dordal -- 7. Remembrance in Two Parts / Kenny Pierce -- pt. III Rainbow in the New Testament -- 8. Our Father / Riley Chattin -- 9. Good Fruit / Richard Barham -- 10. Non-Normative Jesus / Andrew Dykstra -- 11. And God Said: My Bad / S.R. Davis -- 12. Magnificat: Seriously, God? / Jennifer Hasler -- 13. My Great Hunger / Kenny Pierce -- 14. Prince Charming / Todd McGraw -- 15. Love Letter / Stephen V. Sprinkle -- 16. Falling in Love / Ray Jordan
Summary LGBTQ Christians read, love, scrutinize, become absorbed with, and find deep spiritual meaning in the Bible. As these testimonies show, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and other queer Christians are inaugurating a fresh, exciting, new era in biblical interpretation. It is they whose rare insights into particular Bible stories and characters, told with poignancy and clarity, reveal a gay-friendly Bible and a gay-friendly God who cherishes and needs them just as they are
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Print version record
Subject Bible and homosexuality.
Homosexuality -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
RELIGION -- Christian Life -- Social Issues.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
Bible and homosexuality
Homosexuality -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Form Electronic book
Author Jimmerson, Ellin Sterne, editor
Matson, Viki, writer of foreword
ISBN 9781532632099
1532632096