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	All Books by Winston Leyland - Author of : Queer Dharma : Voices of Gay Buddhists Paperback - 416 pages (January 1998) Gay Sunshine Press; ISBN: 0940567229 "Gay Religion; Queer Dharma shows the great variety of Gay men who practice Buddhism in this country. It also demonstrates how the contributors to this anthology have managed to find a spirituality that can counter the homophobia in our society, especially that of the religious right." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Bernard Duncan Mayes - Author of : Escaping God's Closet: The Revelations of a Queer Priest Hardcover: 320 pages (March 2001) University Press of Virginia; ISBN: 0813920043; 0 edition "Gay AutoBiography; Gay Religion; 2002 Lambda Award Winner for Religion - This fascinating memoir by a gay British priest begins in London in 1929, when Bernard Mayes emerged from his heavily sedated mother, and, according to the practice of the day, was sequestered by doctors for a month, returning to her sickly and fretful. By turns political, confessional, and spiritual, Mayes's tale is entertaining and well written. Coming of age during the rise of Nazism in Europe, he began having affairs with boyhood chums, then moved on to seminary where the "pad, pad, pad of feet and the rustle of cassocks down the ever-creaking corridors during the night was not always evidence of devoted meditations." A gay priest in a culture where love "is damnably suppressed, denied, and hidden ... to please intellectual tyrants claiming to speak for God," Mayes eventually helped found a small congregation of like-minded gay and lesbian Christians in the Castro district of San Francisco, in the years just before the outbreak of AIDS... (click through to read more of this review at Amazon.com)" Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by John J. McNeill - Author of : Taking a Chance on God : Liberating Theology for Gays, Lesbians, and Their Lovers, Families, and Friends Paperback 2 edition (May 1996) Beacon Pr; ISBN: 0807079456 "Gay Religion; Featuring a new preface, a guidebook draws on the principles of the gay and lesbian liberation movement and the author's counseling experience with homosexuals to show gays and lesbians how to maintain their identity within the Christian church." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Stuart Howell Miller - Author of : Prayer Warriors Paperback - 304 pages (May 15, 1999) Consortium Book Sales & Dist; ISBN: 1555834450 "Gay Religion; When a gay man "comes out" to his fundamentalist Christian family, his father organizes a brigade of "prayer warriors"--a frightening tactic used by the extreme religious right against even the most loving of sons. Book written from personal experience - read further reviews at Amazon." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Stephen O. Murray - Editor of : Islamic Homosexualities : Culture, History, and Literature Paperback (January 1997) New York University Press; ISBN: 0814774687 "Gay Religion; Put aside the homophilism and the jargon, both of which are a bit strong, and what's left is a fascinating and eye-opening book about a topic much hinted at but little considered systematically. The authors not only have the benefit of knowing homosexuality in many other societies but are well grounded in matters Islamic. (click through to read this and other reviews at Amazon)." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Andrew K. T. Yip - Author of : Gay Male Christian Couples: Life Stories Hardcover - 176 pages (July 1997) Praeger Pub Text; ISBN: 0275957306 "Gay Religion; The lives of sixty-eight gay male Christian couples in Britain are documented in this well-written and important study. Despite the lack of social support and religious affirmation, these men have succeeded in establishing meaningful and fulfilling partnerships. Focusing on the internal and external dimensions of their partnerships, the book presents extensive interview data that illustrates how these couples manage their partnerships. It is written in a highly accessible style that advances the sociological understanding of an understudied minority." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:

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