Gay and Catholic accepting my sexuality, finding community, living my faith

In this first book from an openly lesbian and celibate Catholic, widely published writer and blogger Eve Tushnet recounts her spiritual and intellectual journey from liberal atheism to faithful Catholicism and shows how gay Catholics can love and be loved while adhering to Church teaching. Eve Tushn...

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Main Author: Tushnet, Eve (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Notre Dame, Indiana : Ave Maria Press, [2014]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part 1: Coming Out Catholic
  • A Charmed Life
  • The Botany Club
  • Evidence for the Prosecution
  • Lather, Rinse, Repent
  • Three Kinds of Diversity in Gay Christian Lives
  • Part 2: You Are Called to Love
  • What Vocation Is and Is Not
  • Friendship in Theology and History
  • Spiritual Friendship Today and Tomorrow
  • From Friends to Family
  • The Church as Home
  • Service and Solidarity
  • Challenges Within Your Vocation
  • Conclusion: The Two Crowns
  • Appendix 1: Further Resources
  • Appendix 2: Frequently Asked Questions
  • Appendix 3: Making the Church a Place of Welcome for Same-Sex Attracted Christians.