Pray the Gay Away: The Extraordinary Lives of Bible Belt Gays

Author:   Bernadette Barton
Publisher:   New York University Press
ISBN:  

9780814786383


Pages:   284
Publication Date:   22 August 2014
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Bernadette Barton
Publisher:   New York University Press
Imprint:   New York University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9780814786383


ISBN 10:   0814786383
Pages:   284
Publication Date:   22 August 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Introduction: ""In the Eyes of the Lord""1. Welcome to the Bible Belt 2. ""My Parents Disowned Me"": Family Rejection 3. ""God Would Tell on Me"": Losing their Religion 4. ""They Don't Know Who I Am"": The Toxic Closet 5. ""Going Straight"": The Ex-Gay Movement 6. ""Prepare to Believe"": The Creation Museum 7. ""The Opposite of Faith Is Fear"": Destruction and Transformation 8. ""God Can Love All of Me"": Living the Life 9. What the Future Holds"

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Very much worth reading, and at times moving, the book indicts the conservative wing of Christianity for promoting cruelty and intolerance. - Library Journal ,


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Bernadette Barton is Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at Morehead State University. She is the author of The Pornification of America: How Raunch Culture is Ruining Our Society, Stripped: More Stories from Exotic Dancers, and Pray the Gay Away: The Extraordinary Lives of Bible Belt Gays.

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