Can Contemplative Practices Assist in Integrating Faith With Identity?
There are many ways that people can explore their spirituality, including meditation and prayer, but what if they want to...
How do LGBT believers navigate moral and ethical conflicts arising from institutional religious norms?
The tension between personal faith and sexual identity is a common one for many members of...
Reconciling Sexual Orientation and Spiritual Identity
In many religions, there is a tension between one's sexual orientation and their spiritual beliefs, resulting in feelings of exclusion or...
Reconciling Queer Identity with Traditional Doctrine
Queerness is a concept that has been used to describe individuals who identify outside of heteronormative gender roles and sexual orientations....
Due to the prevalence of religious belief systems throughout human history, it is difficult for individuals who identify as LGBTQ+ to reconcile their faith with their sexual orientation or gender...
Queer believers are individuals who identify with their gender identity and/or sexual orientation in ways that may not conform to traditional religious teachings about sexuality and gender roles....
When it comes to matters of belief, religion is often seen as an important part of a person's identity.
For individuals who identify as LGBT+ and also have strong religious convictions, navigating...
There has been an increasing recognition of the need to understand how LGBT individuals navigate their identities within faith-based social networks. This is because religion often plays a...
Contemplative prayer is a spiritual practice that involves focusing one's attention on a word, phrase, or concept, usually using a mantra or prayer, and allowing oneself to be open to God's presence...
Inclusive faith communities offer valuable emotional and spiritual support to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) individuals who may have been rejected or shunned by their families or society...