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1 online resource (xi, 347 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction: What is BJU? -- Part one: Surveillance, control and rumors -- Lance Weldy -- Bill Ballantyne -- Andrew Bolden -- Fawn Mullinix -- Megan Milliken -- Part two: Other institutions -- Curt Allison -- Micah J. Smith -- Part three: Intersections -- Marshall -- Sandra Merzib -- Reid -- Rachel Oblak -- Blair Durkee -- Part four: Family, guilt, and shame -- David Diachenko -- Peter Crane -- Part five: Identifying as religious and spiritual -- Jeff Mullinix -- Elena Kelly -- Steve Shamblin -- Christy Haussler -- Avery Wrenne -- Conclusion: Queer times at BJU -- Glossary of BJU terms. |
| Summary |
"Bob Jones University is a Christian, fundamentalist, nondenominational liberal arts school in Greenville, South Carolina. BJU was founded in 1927 by Christian evangelist Bob Jones Sr., who was against the secularization of higher education and the influence of religious liberalism in denominational colleges. For most of the twentieth century, BJU branded itself as the "World's Most Unusual University" because of its separatist culture. Many BJU students come from fundamentalist communities and are aware of BJU's strict rules and conservative lifestyle. So why would queer students enroll at BJU? A former queer student of BJU himself, Lance Weldy has come to terms with his own involvement with the institution and has reached out to other queer students to help represent the range of queer experience in this restrictive atmosphere. BJU and Me: Queer Voices from the World's Most Christian University provides behind-the-scenes explanations from nineteen former BJU students from the past few decades who now identify as LGBT. They write about their experiences, reflect on their relationships with a religious institution, and describe their vulnerability under a controlling regime. Some students hid their sexuality and graduated under the radar; others transferred to other schools but faced reparative therapy elsewhere; some endured mandatory counseling sessions on campus; while still others faced incredible obstacles after being outed by or to the BJU administration. These students give voices to their queer experiences at BJU and share their unique stories, including encounters with internal and/or external trauma and their paths to self-validation and recovery. Often their journeys led them out of fundamentalism and the BJU network entirely"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Bob Jones University -- Students -- Biography.
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Bob Jones University -- Alumni and alumnae -- Biography.
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Bob Jones University |
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Sexual minority college students -- South Carolina -- Greenville -- Biography.
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Sexual minority college students -- South Carolina -- Greenville -- Social conditions.
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Homophobia in higher education -- South Carolina -- Greenville.
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Homosexuality and education -- South Carolina -- Greenville.
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Christian universities and colleges -- United States.
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Fundamentalism -- United States.
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Christian universities and colleges |
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Fundamentalism |
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Homophobia in higher education |
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Homosexuality and education |
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Sexual minority college students |
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Students |
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Universities and colleges -- Alumni and alumnae |
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South Carolina -- Greenville |
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United States |
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Biographies
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| Added Author |
Weldy, Lance, editor.
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| Added Title |
Bob Jones University and me |
| Other Form: |
Print version: BJU and me. Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2022] 9780820361604 (DLC) 2021061574 (OCoLC)1285566209 |
| ISBN |
9780820361581 electronic book |
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0820361585 electronic book |
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9780820361604 hardcover |
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9780820361598 paperback |
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