Acts of Faith, Acts of Love: Gay Catholic Autobiographies as Sacred Texts
Book Details
Author(s)Dugan McGinley
PublisherBloomsbury Academic
ISBN / ASIN0826415458
ISBN-139780826415455
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank3,822,647
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
In Acts of Faith, Acts of Love, McGinely explores the overlap of religious and sexual identities in the stories gay men write about themselves. The autobiographical writings of forty gay Catholics (or once Catholics) are analysed.
The work is both literary and theological on the premise that experience constitutes one of the four sources of theological reflection, along with scripture, tradition, and reason.
'An important contribution to the ongoing discussion of homosexuality and religion... resounds with the authenticity and integrity of personal narrative and academic critique. Highly recommended.' Library Journal
'McGinley has done a great service... funny... heartbreaking' Human Development
