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1 online resource (285 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
Seeking Sanctuary brings together life stories from LGBT migrants living in Johannesburg and their battle to reconcile faith with their sexual identity. The narratives reveal the complex interplay between homophobia and xenophobia; the fight for sexual and gender rights; and how faith-based organisations can direct social change. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Reframing sexuality, faith and migration -- 1. Background and methodology: On making and sharing stories -- 2. The politicisation of faith: Religious responses to sexual and gender diversity -- 3. A life on hold: LGBT migration and the (false) promise of freedom -- 4. Preaching love: A history of the LGBT Ministry -- 5. The stories. 1. We must preach love, not hate / narrated by Dumisani (Zimbabwe) -- 2. We deserve freedom / narrated by Mr D (Cameroon) -- 3. Only love can bring unity / narrated by D.C. (Zimbabwe) -- 4. Still searching for safety / narrated by Eeyban (Ethiopia) -- 5. A caged animal set free / narrated by Thomars (Zimbabwe) -- 6. Sexuality is a beautiful gift from God / narrated by Dancio (Zambia) -- 7. This is where God wants me to be / narrated by Mike (Zimbabwe) -- 8. God knows the depth of my faith / narrated by Zee (South Africa) -- 9. can serve God, no matter who I love / Narrated by Sylvester (Nigeria) -- 10. Don't let the hate get you down / narrated by Tino (Zimbabwe) -- 11. I am not willing to live a lie / narrated by Angel (Uganda) -- 12. Love is about hearts, not parts / narrated by Toya (Zimbabwe) -- 13. Stop calling us sinners / narrated by Nkady (Lesotho) -- 14. I pray for strength and guidance / narrated by Tinashe (Zimbabwe) -- Conclusion. Looking ahead: The case for affirming religious spaces. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sexual minority immigrants -- Religious life -- South Africa -- Johannesburg.
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Sexual minority immigrants. |
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Religious life. |
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South Africa. |
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South Africa -- Johannesburg. |
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Sex -- Religious aspects.
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Sex -- Religious aspects. |
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Faith -- Social aspects.
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Faith. |
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Social aspects. |
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Queer Christians. |
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LGBTQ+ Christians. |
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LGBTQ+ parenthood. |
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LGBTQ+ immigration rights. |
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LGBTQ+ civil rights. |
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Gender expression. |
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Gender identity. |
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LGBTQ+ chosen families. |
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LGBTQ+ communities. |
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LGBTQ+ discrimination. |
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LGBTQ+ biographies. |
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LGBTQ+ people. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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LGBTQ+ immigrants. |
| Added Author |
Kaoma, Kapya.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Marnell, John. Seeking sanctuary. Johannesburg : Wits University Press, 2021 9781776147113 (OCoLC)1277045264 |
| ISBN |
9781776147120 (electronic book) |
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177614712X (electronic book) |
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1776147138 (electronic book) |
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9781776147137 (electronic book) |
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