Citations with the tag: LESBIANS -- Religious life
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- Our lesbian visitor.
Wood, Tim E. // Leadership -- A Practical Journal for Church Leaders; Summer95, Vol. 16 Issue 3, p49Focuses on the changes in a lesbian's religious attitude. Lesbian's desire to grow in her faith; Influence on other gays.
- Standing on faith.
Perkins, Trudi L. // Lesbian News; May97, Vol. 22 Issue 10, p18Examines African-American lesbians and their roles in society, focusing on Reverend Alfreda Lanoix, assistant pastor of Unity Fellowship Church in Los Angeles, California. How the community reacted to Lanoix; Background information on Lanoix; Church's views of Lanoix's lifestyle; Comments from...
- Acceptance of gays comes slowly on this town.
Colbert, Chuck // National Catholic Reporter; 04/11/97, Vol. 33 Issue 23, p20Reports on the acceptance of gays and lesbians in the church. Symposium on gay and lesbian participation in the Catholic church; Healing and inspirational experience of the attendees; Message of christmas and easter.
- LOSING MY RELIGION.
Cahalane, Claudia // Diva; Nov2009, Issue 162, p65Several personal narratives are presented on lesbians who left their religion due to unacceptability of gay lifestyle.
- Gays and lesbians protest at church center.
Cahalane, Claudia // Christian Century; 7/13/94, Vol. 111 Issue 21, p676Reports on lesbian and gay Christians' protest against alleged hypocrisy and homophobia in mainline churches. Organizers; Membership of the Metropolitan Community Churches; Other concerns of gay and lesbians.
- No room for our gift, no room for our faith?
Cahalane, Claudia // National Catholic Reporter; 01/26/2001, Vol. 37 Issue 13, p17Ponders on the faith of a Catholic lesbian. Crisis she encountered while living in sin; Her apprehensions on how the church will accept her; How she fostered her faith in God; Church's views on gays and lesbians.
- Week Two: IMAGES OF GOD.
Cahalane, Claudia // Reconciling Journey; 2003, p13The article focuses on sessions and mediations where lesbian and gay people can internalize God's biblical images based on their early experiences. It mentions several mediations that lesbians and gays can perform from day one to day seven including the sessions God Attend To Us, God Heals, and...
- Week Three: RECONCILED IN JESUS CHRIST.
Cahalane, Claudia // Reconciling Journey; 2003, p23The article focuses on the sessions and mediations where lesbian and gay people can reconcile their relationship with Jesus Christ. It mentions several mediations that lesbians and gays can perform from day one to day seven including the sessions Confession, Sin, and Grace and Forgiveness. A...
- HOLY COW.
Reiniger, Meredith Elizabeth // Empty Closet; Oct2007, Issue 406, pB5The author relates her religious life and experiences. She narrates that she dropped out of Sunday School and started to attend the church services for aesthetic reasons. She recounts her conversion to Skepticism after her first year at Keuka Baptist college that required Bible Literature for...
- No place in the pew.
Reiniger, Meredith Elizabeth // Advocate; 07/20/99, Issue 790, p18Reports on the refusal of the Southern Baptist Convention to accept gay and lesbians as members in the United States. Negative remarks regarding the Lilith Fair concert tour by gay critic and reverend Jerry Falwell.
- Outreach to Catholic lesbians.
Reiniger, Meredith Elizabeth // Lesbian News; Feb95, Vol. 20 Issue 7, p28Reports on the invitation extended by Santa Monica, California-based Saint Monica's Church Gay and Lesbian Outreach for all lesbians to attend a meeting on the first Sunday of every month at the Pastoral Center.
- Just A Closer Walk with Thee.
Wilson, Kathy y. // Cincinnati; Jul2008, Vol. 41 Issue 10, p126The article presents information on the gay church Truth & Destiny Covenant Ministries (TDCM), confounded by Lesley E. Jones, the lesbian pastor, in 2003. Worship at TDCM is different from worship at mainline white churches; different from worship at many black churches, too. All gender...
- Witherspoon responds to survey on 'separation.'
Wilson, Kathy y. // Network News; Fall2000, Vol. 20 Issue 4, p11Clarifies the Witherspoon Society's position with regards to a survey sent by its former staff person Nancy Neal about the possibility of 'separating' from the Presbyterian Church, should the exclusion of gay and lesbian members from ordained office be upheld at the 2001 General Assembly. ...
- USING MY RELIGION.
INNOCENTI, EMMA // Diva; Jan2007, Issue 128, p48The article describes how six women with different beliefs used their faith to shape their sense of identity and daily lives. Author Stella Duffy grew up with liberal theology but later converted to the Buddhism of Nichiren Daishoni which involves praying twice daily and attending discussion and...
- Milagros Garcia.
Kikel, Rudy // Bay Windows; 10/21/1999, pN.PAGInterviews lesbian Milagros Garcia about her life. Qualities of Garcia; Religious life of Garcia; Position of Buddhism on homosexuality; Occupational and educational backgrounds of Garcia; Qualities of a woman partner wanted by Garcia.
- Swedish Lutheran Church elects lesbian bishop.
Kikel, Rudy // Christian Century; 6/30/2009, Vol. 126 Issue 13, p19The article focuses on Eva Brunne, dean of Stockholm University, a lesbian and Lutheran bishop of the Church of Sweden in Stockholm, Sweden. Brunne stated that she's fortunate to be in a position of power so that she can use it for the benefit of those less fortunate. She is believed to be the...
- God and country.
Heil, Matthew // Echo Magazine; 12/2/2004, Vol. 16 Issue 6, p22Talks about the impact of the results of the 2004 U.S. presidential election on religious gays and lesbians. Factors that may have caused the reelection of U.S. President George W. Bush; Statement issued by Soulforce, a national organization that combats spiritual violence against gays and...
- Methodist court says pastors may bar gays from membership.
Eckstrom, Kevin // Christian Century; 11/15/2005, Vol. 122 Issue 23, p14This article reports on the decision of the Methodist Church Judicial Council to uphold the power of local pastors to refuse church membership to gays and lesbians, as of November 15, 2005. The church's Judicial Council said gays and lesbians have no automatic right to church membership. A...
- Outreach to Catholic lesbians.
Eckstrom, Kevin // Lesbian News; Mar95, Vol. 20 Issue 8, p36Announces Saint Monica's Catholic Church Gay and Lesbian Outreach's invitation to all lesbians to attend a meeting in the Pastoral Center.
- Keeping the faith.
Quittner, Jeremy // Advocate; 7/20/2004-8/3/2004, Issue 919, p34This article focuses on the efforts of gays and lesbians in the U.S. to reclaim their beliefs after years of being left behind by most organized religions. When Jason Warner began his freshman year at Lee University, a liberal arts school in Tennessee owned by the Church of God, he had not yet...
- How Christian are Christian churches?
Harbaugh, Steven // Advocate; 7/20/2004-8/3/2004, Issue 919, p44This article presents several religious denominations in the U.S. and their stand on issues related to homosexuality. According to those who are part of Southern Baptist, being gay is considered an abomination, but gays can allegedly become members of the church as long as they realize they can...
