Christianity, LGBTQ Suicide, and the Souls of Queer Folk
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Christianity, LGBTQ Suicide, and the Souls of Queer Folk

  1. 153 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Christianity, LGBTQ Suicide, and the Souls of Queer Folk

About this book

While garnering the attention of professionals across disciplines, from medicine to public health to psychology, and frequently covered as a topic of public concern in the news media, the elevated occurrence of suicide attempts among LGBTQ persons has received little attention within the literature of theology and religious studies. This book fills that lacuna by addressing the role that religious, spiritual, and theological narratives play in shaping the souls of queer folk. Taking a narrative approach to qualitative interview material from LGBTQ individuals who survived their suicide attempts, Cody J. Sanders argues that theological narratives can operate violently upon the souls of LGBTQ people in ways that make life precarious and, at time, seem unlivable. The book critically addresses the violence of theological narratives upon queer souls, filling a crucial void in scholarship concerning the role of religion—specifically Christianity—in LGBTQ suicide. Ultimately, the author draws upon the interview material to move readers toward constructive methods of contributing to the resistance and resilience of queer souls in relation to soul violence, asking how we can intervene with practices of care in order to cultivate livability of life for queer people.

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Information

Publisher
Lexington Books
Year
2020
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9781978754119
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Christian Ministry

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Introduction
  4. Chapter One: God, Stories, and Queer Souls
  5. Chapter Two: Troubled Stories, Best Hopes, Precarious Survival
  6. Chapter Three: Theological Ambush
  7. Chapter Four: Soul Violence
  8. Chapter Five: Religious Resistance
  9. Chapter Six: Holding One’s Own
  10. Chapter Seven: Revisioning the Care of Souls
  11. Conclusion
  12. Bibliography
  13. Index
  14. About the Author

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