Christian Mysticism's Queer Flame: Spirituality in the Lives of Contemporary Gay Men

ISBN-13: 9780367587444 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 258 str.

Michael Bernard Kelly

Opis

This book reflects in serious theological depth and detail on the spiritual and sexual journeys of gay men of mature and committed Christian faith, employing the Christian mystical tradition as the lens and the interlocutor in this process.

Spis treści

1 General Introduction  Section One: Setting the Interpretative Context  2 The Two Lungs of the Christian Mystical Life: the Cataphatic Way and the Apophatic Way  3 Theories of Mystical Development: the Classical Model According to Evelyn Underhill’s Mysticism  4 Contemporary Approaches to Faith Development and Spiritual Growth  5 Hermeneutical and Methodological Considerations  Section Two: Stories of Faith and Patterns of Growth: The Eight Interviews  6 Family, Faith, and the Path towards Coming Out  7 Early Adulthood and the Path Towards Integration  Section Three: Towards a Gay Mystical Theology: Creating the Conversation  8 From Awakening to Coming Out  9 From Coming Out to Union with God  Conclusion

O autorze

Michael Kelly is an Adjunct Research Associate at Monash University’s Centre for Religious Studies, Australia. Over the past twenty years he has led retreats, spoken at conferences, lectured at universities and published essays and papers in Australia, the UK and the USA. He is the author/presenter of The Erotic Contemplative video-lecture series and his book, Seduced by Grace (2011), is held and used in a number of universities.