Being the body of Christ : towards a twenty-first century homosexual theology for the Anglican Church /
Mounsey, Chris, 1959-
Being the body of Christ : towards a twenty-first century homosexual theology for the Anglican Church / Chris Mounsey. - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2014, ©2012. - 1 online resource - Gender, theology, and spirituality . - Gender, theology, and spirituality. .
Originally published: Equinox, 2012.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: Homosexuality and Anglicanism -- PART I -- 1 Oscar Wilde: 'The Fisherman and His Soul' -- The Failure of Organized Religion -- 2 E.F. Benson: The David Blaize trilogy, A Sexuality Fit for My Lord -- E.F.B., God and the Archbishop -- 3 E.F. Benson: The David Blaize trilogy, A Sexuality Fit for My Lord -- The Closet of Nightmares -- 4 E.F. Benson: The David Blaize trilogy, A Sexuality Fit for My Lord -- The Release of Masturbation -- 5 E.F. Benson: The David Blaize trilogy, A Sexuality Fit for My Lord -- From Boy Love to Manly Love: Marriage, Ministry and Maintaining the Gift of Continency -- PART II -- 6 Edward Carpenter: Towards Democracy -- The Greatest Poet England Never Had -- 7 Alan Hollinghurst: The Swimming-Pool Library -- The Belle Époque of a Prodigal -- 8 Jeanette Winterson: Lighthousekeeping and The PowerBook -- The Theology of the Body -- Conclusion: Blindness and Insight -- Some Reflections -- Select Bibliography -- Subject Index -- Author Index.
The book explores the preoccupation of key twentieth-century English writers with theology and sexuality and how the Anglican Church has responded and continues to respond to the issue of homosexuality. Analysing the work of Oscar Wilde, E. F. Benson, Edward Carpenter, Jeanette Winterson, and Alan Hollingshurst, the book explores the literary tradition of exasperation at the church's obduracy against homosexuality.
9781317543817 1317543815 9781317543800 1317543807 9781317543794 1317543793
10.4324/9781315728735 doi
9781317543800 Ingram Content Group
016877730 Uk
1900-1999
English fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
Homosexuality in literature.
Christianity and literature--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Anglican Communion.
Roman anglais--Histoire et critique.--20e siècle
Homosexualité dans la littérature.
Christianisme et littérature--Histoire--Grande-Bretagne--20e siècle.
Homosexualité--Aspect religieux--Communion anglicane.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Christianity and literature
English fiction
Homosexuality in literature
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Anglican Communion
Great Britain
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
PR888.H67 / M68 2014eb
823/.91093538
Being the body of Christ : towards a twenty-first century homosexual theology for the Anglican Church / Chris Mounsey. - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2014, ©2012. - 1 online resource - Gender, theology, and spirituality . - Gender, theology, and spirituality. .
Originally published: Equinox, 2012.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: Homosexuality and Anglicanism -- PART I -- 1 Oscar Wilde: 'The Fisherman and His Soul' -- The Failure of Organized Religion -- 2 E.F. Benson: The David Blaize trilogy, A Sexuality Fit for My Lord -- E.F.B., God and the Archbishop -- 3 E.F. Benson: The David Blaize trilogy, A Sexuality Fit for My Lord -- The Closet of Nightmares -- 4 E.F. Benson: The David Blaize trilogy, A Sexuality Fit for My Lord -- The Release of Masturbation -- 5 E.F. Benson: The David Blaize trilogy, A Sexuality Fit for My Lord -- From Boy Love to Manly Love: Marriage, Ministry and Maintaining the Gift of Continency -- PART II -- 6 Edward Carpenter: Towards Democracy -- The Greatest Poet England Never Had -- 7 Alan Hollinghurst: The Swimming-Pool Library -- The Belle Époque of a Prodigal -- 8 Jeanette Winterson: Lighthousekeeping and The PowerBook -- The Theology of the Body -- Conclusion: Blindness and Insight -- Some Reflections -- Select Bibliography -- Subject Index -- Author Index.
The book explores the preoccupation of key twentieth-century English writers with theology and sexuality and how the Anglican Church has responded and continues to respond to the issue of homosexuality. Analysing the work of Oscar Wilde, E. F. Benson, Edward Carpenter, Jeanette Winterson, and Alan Hollingshurst, the book explores the literary tradition of exasperation at the church's obduracy against homosexuality.
9781317543817 1317543815 9781317543800 1317543807 9781317543794 1317543793
10.4324/9781315728735 doi
9781317543800 Ingram Content Group
016877730 Uk
1900-1999
English fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
Homosexuality in literature.
Christianity and literature--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Anglican Communion.
Roman anglais--Histoire et critique.--20e siècle
Homosexualité dans la littérature.
Christianisme et littérature--Histoire--Grande-Bretagne--20e siècle.
Homosexualité--Aspect religieux--Communion anglicane.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Christianity and literature
English fiction
Homosexuality in literature
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Anglican Communion
Great Britain
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
PR888.H67 / M68 2014eb
823/.91093538