HELMINIAK: Sex and the Sacred

Helminiak, Daniel

Sex and the Sacred

Catholic, Spirituality, Lesbian & Gay

Strongly Recommended

Contents:

Foreword: Moderator Troy D Perry.

Preface & Acknowledgements

1. The spiritual Dimension of the Lesbian & Gay Experience
2. A Spiritual Lesson from the AIDS Epidemic
3. Sexuality and Spirituality: Friends, Not Foes
4. Sexual self-Acceptance and Spiritual Growth
5. Sexual Pathways to Spiritual Growth
6. Sexual Ethics Without Religion
7. The Right and Wrong of Sex, Queer and Otherwise
8. The Spiritual Crisis in Religion and Society
9. Jesus, a Model for Coming Out
10. The Trinitarian Vocation of the gay Community
11. Homosexuality in Catholic Teaching and Practice
12. Gay Marriage: A Response to the Vatican
13. Why Biblical Literalism is Not Christian
14. The Bible, Homosexuality and Christianity
15. Gay Bashing and 9/11 Terrorism: Religious Perversion

Appendix: A statement of Spirituality