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| Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement: Campaigning for Justice, Truth and Love | | Author: | Sean Gill (Editor) | ISBN: | 030433779X | Format: | Handover | Publish Date: | June, 2005 | | | | | | | | | Book Review | | | Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement: Campaigning for Justice, Truth and Love FROM THE PUBLISHER Founded in 1976, The Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement (LGCM) has become the largest and most prominent group in Britain fighting to change the Christian Church's traditional and deeply entrenched homophobic attitudes. This book provides a history of the movement and its aims and activities within the broader context of social and religious change over the past 20 years.
FROM THE CRITICS Booknews Founded in 1976, the LGCM has become the largest and most prominent group fighting to bring about change in the Christian Church's traditional and deeply entrenched homophobic attitudes. Eleven chapters provide a history of the movement; a critical analysis of the impact of the growth of the religious Right and of the AIDS crisis on campaigns for lesbian and gay liberation; a representative selection of previously unpublished personal testimonies, pamphlets, and articles; and essays which examine the moral and theological issues surrounding current debates. Distributed by Continuum. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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