Coming out as sacrament
"Gay Christian author and activist Chris Glaser believes that sexual minorities, often denied their churches' traditional sacraments, have found unique access to the sacred in their lives: coming out of the closet." "Glaser persuasively argues that coming out - as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered - has biblical precedence and sacramental dimensions. Using personal and biblical illustrations, he discusses coming out as an act of vulnerability, much like a sacrificial offering of ancient times, that invokes God's presence and effects atonement, or reconciliation. In this engaging book he shows how coming out, like other sacraments, may serve as a means of grace - that is, an experience of God's unconditional love."--BOOK JACKET
Print Book, English, ©1998
Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, Kentucky, ©1998
153, [2] pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
9780664257484, 0664257488
39147801
Coming out as sacrament
Sacrifices and scapegoats
God and violence
Coming out in the Bible
God comes out
Coming out as celebration
Rites for the soul : Biblical affirmations
Coming out
A call to repentance
Turning the tables
Embracing our cause
Reclaiming our baptism
Celebrating the commonwealth