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Faith Beyond Resentment: Fragments Catholic and Gay - Alison James

Description: ISBN 0232524114 / Author: Alison James / Genre: Religion / Spirituality / Publisher: Darton,Longman & Todd Ltd / Offering ... more

Faith Beyond Resentment: Fragments Catholic and Gay - Alison James ... thought-provoking approaches to the contraversial issue of homosexuality and faith, the author presents an account of Christianity that is rooted in the Catholic tradition.

Newest Review: ... these pages have a background of brokenness and were started shortly after the death from AIDS of the man he loved. What he ... more

... is offering the reader is fragments, fragments of himself, of his life, of his story. Broken words, a broken ability to find sense. These pages are written out of his brokenness as he states 'professional modesty is merely playful if the brokenness is not real'. He is not aiming to write an elegant masterpiece, he is not trying to write prettily from a space that is littered with murder, suicide and lies. 'There is nothing elegant about inhabiting a space which has at best been seen as risible and at worst as evil.' Bu...more

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Faith Beyond Resentment: Fragments Catholic and Gay - Alison James: Can we live without resentment? (1145 words)
by Secre - written on 18/03/08 (Very useful, 90 readings)
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Catholic, gay and priest...oxymoron? Well...no...James Alison...he is a Catholic theologian, and priest...who writes extensively on homosexual issues with the Catholic church and this is from that perspective a very daring book. My vicar first introduced me to this priest as a writer, but since then I have been hooked... Boring Stuff Title: Faith beyond Resentment: Fragments Catholic and Gay Author: James Alison ISBN: 0824519221 Price: £15.99 from Waterstones $12.89 from Amazon Publisher: Crossroad General Interest Pages: 239 pages Other: I have found that this isn't actually an English book, and hasn't been ...

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