Being Gay, Being Christian: You Can be Both
Stuart Edser
Jan 2012 · Exisle Publishing
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Is it possible to be both gay and Christian? This book explains, calmly and logically, that the two are not mutually exclusive. With the support of some of the finest scientific and theological minds, Dr Stuart Edser presents a compelling case for tolerance and acceptance, rejecting the traditional Christian view that gay people are either sick or sinful as a result of their sexual orientation. While shrill voices of prejudiced fundamentalism are raised from all sides of the Christian church, he invites the reader to a new experience of God. Dr Edser is uniquely qualified to explain the biology, psychology and sociology of being gay, as well as to examine the Bible, its interpretation, and traditional Christian teaching on sexual morality. Not only does he have a wealth of experience grounded in the Church (both Catholic and Protestant), but he is also a psychologist, author and researcher. Moreover, he threads his own extraordinary story through the text, using this and his experience as a clinician to guide his thinking. In particular, he offers a positive and rational voice so often glaringly absent from the Church’s utterances on homosexuality. He argues passionately for church people everywhere to open their minds and show a willingness to discard older ways of thinking where more modern explanations reveal the truth more accurately. And he encourages gay Christians to integrate their sexuality and their faith so that both are valued equally.BEING GAY, BEING CHRISTIAN is a call for reformation within the Christian church, an appeal to modernity in our approach to knowledge and a practical self-help book for people who are struggling with their sexuality, so they can find both self-esteem and a connection with God. It will be of particular interest to: • People confused about their sexuality • Young gay people • Gay people who go to church • Christian families and friends of gay people • Clergy and church workers.
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Carien Marx
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November 2, 2018
This is a book that typically shows how people try to change the Bible in order to make everyone around them and themselves believe another truth than the one that through all time in history stood steadfast. This writer is a lier and deceiver of the will of God and uses his degrees to prove himself...although in fact that proves nothing but that he fell over his own intelligence like many other people who try reason this way. God is the same as always and will always be the same as we are thaught in a Book(the Bible) with much more authority since it is the word of God Himself. Being gay was a sin then and always will be.
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Roger Smith
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January 10, 2014
I have finished reading this very informative, and enlightning book....and i love it! I am a gay man, i no longer go to church....because i found it being to conflicting. But the good doctor here really open my eyes, and his book gave me the answer and hope i was looking for. God bless you Dr. Stuart Edser, and thank you!:-)
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elijah quigley
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July 31, 2024
You can not say that sin of any kind is okay. Plain and simple. The Bible specifically calls out homosexuality as a sin. Don't pretend otherwise.
About the author
Dr Stuart Edser is a Counselling and Health Psychologist in private practice in Newcastle, Australia. He has several degrees in psychology and education, including a PhD. He was a minor seminarian int he Catholic Church living in a monastery for three years as an early teen, but was also an elder, leader, preacher and teacher in the Protestant evangelical and charismatic wing of the Church.
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