We were baptized too : claiming God's grace for lesbians and gays
- Title
- We were baptized too : claiming God's grace for lesbians and gays / Marilyn Bennett Alexander and James Preston ; foreword by Desmond M. Tutu.
- Published by
- Louisville, Kentucky : Westminster John Knox Press, ©1996.
- Author
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- Description
- xix, 139 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- Within the liturgy, congregations pledge to accept, love, forgive, and nurture the newly baptized member. The church, however, often lives out this covenant selectively, forcing its gay/lesbian members into silence, alienation, and doubt. We Were Baptized Too challenges the church to take seriously its understanding of Baptism and Communion as a means of grace, justice, and liberation.
- Subject
- Gay people > Religious life
- Lesbians > Religious life
- Homosexuality > Religious aspects > Christianity
- Personnes homosexuelles > Vie religieuse
- Lesbiennes > Vie religieuse
- Homosexualité > Aspect religieux > Christianisme
- Gays > Religious life
- Homosexuality > Religious aspects > Christianity
- Lesbians > Religious life
- Contents
- We remember our baptism -- Silenced: stories of exclusion and pain -- Strangers: stories of judgment -- Do this in remembrance of us -- And be thankful.
- Owning institution
- Princeton University Library
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-139).