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The Church and the Homosexual
Author: John J. McNeill
Binding: Paperback
Published: 01 September, 1993
ISBN: 0807079316
$11.90
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The Church and the Homosexual
by: John J. McNeill
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Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.6 / 5.0 
Beginning of my Journey: 
At first I felt like this book was stretching what i knew as the truth of the Scripture, but as i started to open my mind and my heart i discovered what the purpose of the book was. it was to free gays and lesbians of the notion that the Bible and the church hates them. that there are other ways to intrepret the meaning behind the words. this was the first book pro-gay book i've read and it really did help me begin my journey of self discovery. i don't know if i am ready to step back into church as an... more info
good but needs to be updated again: 
Author John McNeil is psychotherapist, and a very intelligent one at that. His personal stories reflect outrageous attitudes of the Church. He is a corageous writer, and I commend him for that.
The book's scientific discussions are interesting. Its textual discussions, however, did not strike me as very convincing (except for the discussion on arsenokoitai---although McNeil misses the literature linking the word to sexual slavery).
McNeil misses several logical points about the story of Sodom that, if... more info
My minister recommended this:
The minister at my local southern baptist church told me about this book, when my husband of 20 years began having an identity crisis problem. I found the information in this book to be helpful in dealing with his feelings of homosexuality. We did infact split in the end but the split was much cleaner than it might have been had I not found this book. There is an arizona resource helpline that also assisted me and recommended this book, they can be reached at 1-480-987-3979 or 1-480-831-6200, at the later... more info
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