'Faith–Based Queer Space in Washington, DC: The Metropolitan Community Church-DC and Mount Vernon Square’, Gender, Place and Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography, 8, pp. 149–68

In the 1980s and 1990s, gay religious leaders and communities faced a challenge that stretched their physical, emotional, spiritual, and theological resources past their limits. The emergence of AIDS forced them to address the familiar challenges of integrating sexuality and faith in a new—life or death—context. It would prove a critical testing ground for whether and how the radical experiment of explicitly gay religiosity could sustain people and communities “in trouble.” This chapter tells the story of how one gay-identified congregation, Metropolitan Community Church in San Francisco, and its pastor drew on a combination of liberation theology, LGBT literature, and what David Halperin calls a “queer sensibility” to forge gay religious life in a time of both immense possibility and immense suffering and loss. It does so by looking at one moment in the church’s life—the sermon given by the congregation’s minister on Christmas Eve of 1989—and using it as a lens to examine how liberation theology and LGBT literature were brought to bear on this particular moment in the AIDS crisis in order to make gay Christianity a usable tradition in a time of crisis and change.

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From Dialogue to Collaboration

American Journal of Islam and Society ◽

10.35632/ajis.v26i3.1389 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 26 (3) ◽

pp. 153-155

Author(s):

Philipp Bruckmayr

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

The United States ◽

Interreligious Dialogue ◽

Washington Dc ◽

Islamic Studies ◽

Faith Based ◽

Catholic University ◽

Secular Education ◽

The Media

Conferences focusing on the thought of Fethullah Gülen, especially the activitiesof the faith-based movement inspired by it, can nowadays be consideredcommon events. Indeed, by now the organization of such academic conferencescan rightfully be regarded as yet another regular field of activity of themovement, besides its major and relentless endeavors in interreligious dialogue,secular education, welfare, and the media. Whereas the major eventsof the last two years took place in Europe and the United States (London andRotterdam, 2007; Washington DC, 2008; and Potsdam, 2009), the AustralianCatholic University, the Australian Intercultural Society, and Monash Universityput Australia back on the map with this conference. Convened during 15-16 July 2009 at the Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, it was alsomeant to celebrate last year’s establishment of the university’s FethullahGülen Chair for Islamic Studies, held by Prof. Ismail Albayrak ...

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Rising in Witness: The Metropolitan Community Church in the Religious Press

Journal of Religious & Theological Information ◽

10.1080/10477845.2018.1466679 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

pp. 1-22 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Robert Ridinger

Keyword(s):

Metropolitan Community Church ◽

Community Church

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Penerimaan LGBT oleh Tempat Ibadah

Koneksi ◽

10.24912/kn.v4i2.8146 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 301

Author(s):

Aureliya Ramadhanti ◽

Suzy Azeharie

Keyword(s):

Phenomenological Method ◽

Literature Study ◽

Know How ◽

Qualitative Descriptive ◽

Descriptive Approach ◽

Lgbt People ◽

Metropolitan Community Church ◽

Community Church ◽

Depth Interviews ◽

The Church

LGBT is a sexuality issue that is still being debated in Indonesian society, especially in the religious scope. The church,as a place of worship which is a community with the same belief to worship, has teachings with an interpretation that considers LGBT a sin. Gereja Komunitas Anugerahand the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto are churches that openly accept LGBT congregations. The two churches are trying to support LGBT congregations by holding activities that discuss the rights of LGBT congregations. This research wants to know how the acceptance of LGBT congregations by churches as a place of worship in Indonesia. Researchers review from the communication side, communication functions and goals. The method used in this research is a phenomenological method with a qualitative descriptive approach. The research data were obtained from in-depth interviews, direct observation, document study and literature study. The conclusion of this research is that the church as a place of worship accepts LGBT because it has a meaning of the holy book verse. Acceptance is carried out by communicating with LGBT people, supporting, instilling religious values, and inviting them to be involved in activities at places of worship.LGBT merupakan isu seksualitasyang masih menjadi perdebatan di masyarakat Indonesia, khususnyapada lingkup keagamaan. Gereja sebagai tempat ibadah yang merupakan suatu komunitas dengan kepercayaan yang sama untuk beribadah pada umumnya memiliki ajaran dengan tafsiran yang menganggap bahwa LGBT merupakan suatu dosa. Gereja Komunitas Anugerah dan Metropolitan Community Church of Torontoadalah gereja yang secara terbuka menerima jemaat LGBT.Kedua gereja tersebutberupaya mendukung jemaat LGBT dengan mengadakan kegiatan yang membahas hak jemaat LGBT. Penelitian ini ingin mengetahui bagaimanapenerimaan jemaat LGBT yang dilakukan olehgereja sebagai tempat ibadah di Indonesia. Peneliti meninjau dari sisikomunikasi, fungsi dan tujuan komunikasi. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode fenomenologi dengan pendekatan deskriptif kualitatif. Data penelitian diperoleh dari wawancara mendalam,pengamatan langsung, studi dokumen dan studi kepustakaan. Kesimpulan penelitian ini adalahgereja sebagai tempat ibadah menerima LGBT karena memiliki pemaknaan terhadap ayat kitab suci. Penerimaan dilakukan dengan berkomunikasi dengan para LGBT, mendukung, menanamkan nilai-nilai agama, dan mengajak ikut terlibat dalam kegiatan di tempat ibadah.

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The Homosexual Church : An Ecclesiastical Extension of a Subculture

Social Compass ◽

10.1177/003776867402100310 ◽

1974 ◽

Vol 21 (3) ◽

pp. 355-360 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Ronald M. Enroth

Keyword(s):

Metropolitan Community Church ◽

Analyse De Contenu ◽

Community Church

Au cours des années récentes, diverses « Eglises » et orga nisations religieuses s'adressant principalement à des groupes d'homosexuels ont fait leur apparition au Etats-Unis. La plus importante d'entre elles est constituée par la « Metropolitan Community Church ». Les « Eglises d'homosexuels » sont à considérer comme l'extension religieuse du phénomène séculier de la subculture festive. Une analyse de contenu des publi cations de ces quasi-dénominations montre clairement une corrélation entre l'univers de la licence et le « mouvement de la libération festive ». Différents types de réponses, brièvement discutées ici, caractérisent les pasteurs et les fidèles de ces groupes.

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