Freedom, glorious freedom
Subtitle: the spiritual journey to the fullness of life for gays, lesbians, and everybody else
By: John J. McNeill.
Publisher: Lethe Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Maple Shade, NJ
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781590211489
Subjects: Gays -- Religious life; Homosexuality -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Twelve-step programs -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Notes: Originally published: Boston : Beacon Press, c1995.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Part I: Gay spiritual maturity; title: Introduction: The gay spiritual journey; title: Freedom of conscience and gay maturity; title: Freedom of conscience and the Catholic Church; title: Discernment of spirits; title: A case history of discernment of spirits; title: My personal experience of discernment; title: Part II: Coming out : the three stages of homosexual holiness; title: Introduction: The gay self and the Catholic hierarchy; title: Creating the authentic gay self : the three-stage process; title: The second passage into intimacy with another; title: A public passage; title: Coming out through a public rite of covenanted union; title: Part III: Twelve-step spirituality; title: Introduction: A means of liberation for lesbians and gay men; title: Intimacy with God; title: Opening a dialogue between the feminist and the masculine understandings; title: Of twelve-step spirituality; title: Part IV: The gay love of God and God's love of gays; title: Introduction: Homosexuality and the New Testament; title: God's love of gays; title: The special nature of the gay and lesbian love of god; title: Epilogue: Emerging from the heart of the world; title: Appendix 1: Maurice Blondel : the philosopher of freedom; title: Appendix 2: The church and the homosexual : its condemnation and my response; title: Appendix 3: The authoritarian personality.