Heavy Burdens
Seven Ways LGBTQ Christians Experience Harm in the Church
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Lisa Larsen
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Religious faith reduces the risk of suicide for virtually every American demographic except one: LGBTQ people. Generations of LGBTQ people have been alienated or condemned by Christian communities. It's past time that Christians confronted the ongoing and devastating effects of this legacy.
Many LGBTQ people face overwhelming challenges in navigating faith, gender, and sexuality. Christian communities that uphold the traditional sexual ethic often unwittingly make the path more difficult through unexamined attitudes and practices. Drawing on her sociological training and her leadership in the Side B/Revoice conversation, Bridget Eileen Rivera, who founded the popular website Meditations of a Traveling Nun, speaks to the pain of LGBTQ Christians and helps churches develop a better pastoral approach.
Rivera calls to mind Jesus' woe to religious leaders: "They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on the shoulders of others; but they themselves are unwilling to lift a finger to move them" (Matt. 23:4). Heavy Burdens provides an honest account of seven ways LGBTQ people experience discrimination in the church, helping Christians grapple with hard realities and empowering churches across the theological spectrum to navigate better paths forward.
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Gesamt5 out of 5 stars
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Sprecher5 out of 5 stars
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Geschichte5 out of 5 stars
- Jens S.
- 08.12.2021
important book for all Christians
When got this audiobook I first thought it would be helpful to work through some of my own issues I have as a gay Christian and it certainly did. However, I would contend that this is a book any Christian should read who is realizing that something is wrong in the way "the Church" has treated those identifying as LGBTQ. For many, this has become a reason to leave the church because they say I can't worship a God who hates my gay friend not for anything he has done but simply for being who he is. Rivera's book examines the "LGBTQ issue" from different angles and exposes the hypocrisy that is inherent in a lot of discussions in non-affirming churches (examples in point are the shifted views towards divorce and contraception in protestant churches).
What I most liked about this book is that while Rivera herself feels called to celibacy because of her convictions, she shows how one can hold to a traditional sexual ethic and at the same time be affirming of one's sisters and brothers in Christ who chose a different route (often after much seeking and prayer rather than a desire to sin).
This isn't a book that yells at everyone who disagrees but rather Rivera invites the reader through heart-wrenching stories and historical and exegetical analyses to reconsider their views towards the LGBTQ community in light of the gospel message.
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