Die Afrikaanse Protestantse Akademie Biblioteek

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-213).

Part 1: Growing up in our faith: spiritual life and the gay experience -- Introduction: lesbians, gays, and the spiritual life -- 1. Developing a mature faith life -- 2. The challenge of gay atheism -- 3. Pathological religion and healthy religion -- 4. Spiritual maturity: a challenge for lesbian and gay Christians -- Part 2: Intimacy with God -- Introduction: feeling the presence of God -- 5. Dealing with anger -- 6. Liberation from fear -- 7. Lifting the burden of guilt, shame, and self-hate.

Part 3: Releasing God's power -- Introduction: say the word and I shall be healed -- 8. Trusting in God -- 9. Thanks be to God -- 10. Reconciliation and God's presence -- Part 4: The gay virtues -- Introduction: Hospitality and the Sodom myth -- 11. The spirit of hospitality -- 12. The virtue of compassion -- Part 5: Celebrating life -- Introduction: The freedom to play -- 13. The freedom to play -- 14. This is my body -- 15. Sex as play -- 16. The relationship between Mary, the Mother of God, and the gay and lesbian community.

Part 6: Unto dust you shall return -- Introduction: AIDS and the acceptance of human mortality -- 17. The Christian understanding of death, resurrection, and time -- 18. Reflections on judgment -- 19. Reflections on mourning -- Part 7: The necessity of a gay spiritual community -- Introduction: Lovers gather round -- 20. The role of a Gay Christian Community -- 21. Conversion and the Gay Christian Community -- 22. The future of the Gay Christian Community.

"The second book in John McNeill's pathbreaking trilogy for lesbian and gay Christians, Taking a Chance on God brings a gay perspective to fundamental Christian questions: How can we understand suffering and death? How can we overcome fear, anger, and guilt? What does it mean to love God? What gifts do we bring to the body of Christ?"--BOOK JACKET.