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His favorite name for God is Beauty. His favorite thinker is Maurice Blondel, a French philosopher who wrote brilliantly about freedom. He has been a teacher, a moral theologian, a psychotherapist, and a retreat leader. John McNeill was a Jesuit for 40 years before being expelled from the Society of Jesus in 1987 for his views on gay and lesbian liberation.
McNeill's first book The Church and the Homosexual refutes all the traditional arguments condemning homosexuality in Scripture, tradition, and philosophy. Taking a Chance on God defends healthy religion and presents a view of homosexual relationships as good. Freedom, Glor
His favorite name for God is Beauty. His favorite thinker is Maurice Blondel, a French philosopher who wrote brilliantly about freedom. He has been a teacher, a moral theologian, a psychotherapist, and a retreat leader. John McNeill was a Jesuit for 40 years before being expelled from the Society of Jesus in 1987 for his views on gay and lesbian liberation.
McNeill's first book The Church and the Homosexual refutes all the traditional arguments condemning homosexuality in Scripture, tradition, and philosophy. Taking a Chance on God defends healthy religion and presents a view of homosexual relationships as good. Freedom, Glorious Freedom contends that Christians should listen to what the Spirit is saying to them through the experiences of gay people. McNeill is a prophet in our pluralistic times who has, in the words of St. Paul, "fought the good fight . . . finished the race . . . kept the faith."
This is a rounded and rousing book by a priest and therapist. With energy and imagination, the author challenges gays and lesbians to discern their true selves and to realize that God loves them as they are. McNeill believes the Holy Spirit is using the fallibility of religious authorities to guide the Christian community into new sensitivity and maturity. He affirms the liberating dimensions of 12 step programs and the gay-friendly attitude of Jesus. In the last part of the book, McNeill shows how gay liberation fits into "the Spirit-directed evolution of human history."
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Manufacturer: Beacon Press
Release date: 1 May 1996
ISBN-10 : 0807079375 |
ISBN-13: 9780807079379
Tags: Biography (1), Freedom (1), Glbt (1), Christianity (1), Stories (1), Catholic (1), Spirit (1), Beauty (1), SnP (1), Lives (1), Zeal (1)
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