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Summary: Meaningful, objective, profound
Review: David Morrison presents a compelling story of his journey into and through homosexuality. This book is an excellent resource for anyone interested in this hot cultural issue. Morrisons writing is engaging and thoughtful. His conclusions are faithful to church teaching and to his own conscience.
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Summary: Trying to stand in a fallen world
Review: David Morrison presents a compelling story of his journey into and through homosexuality. This book is an excellent resource for anyone interested in this hot cultural issue. Morrisons writing is engaging and thoughtful. His conclusions are faithful to church teaching and to his own conscience.
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Summary: Hope and reason for those with unwanted same sex attractions
Review: David Morrison shares candidly of his own journey from gay activist to chaste Catholic. He offers realistic hope for those with unwanted same sex attractions. In describing his own discovery of the truths behind Catholic teaching on sexuality, Morrison gives us more than just pious religious sentimentality. He gives a gutsy desciption of his own transition. This book shows a faith that goes beyond doctrine and into the heartfelt experience of the grace of God.
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Summary: I know the author
Review: David's volume, "Beyond Gay" is something that deserves to be read by just about everyone....Christian, unbeliever, male, female, and everyone else (did I leave out anyone)...
His honest assessment of his life's journey thus far is very telling, and something that many people, both men and women, will be able to identify with, if only in the privacy of their own mind and heart.
The fact that he is a Roman Catholic believer is very apparent...and some, like myself (a Protestant Christian) may not agree with everything the Roman Church teaches, we can all agree that Same Sex Attraction isn't something that God has designed for His creation...and that there is a way out of the bondages presented by homosexual activity.
I only wish David had said more about the biblical tenets of friendship in this volume. Maybe he will in the next one.
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Summary: Beyond "thou shalt not"
Review: I recommend this book if you're struggling to understandChristian teachings about homosexuality, whether for yourself or aloved one. The author gently points out problems with some popular approaches to the subject, from "gay-friendly" gospel readings which try to redefine God in one's own image, to "change ministries" which assume that God's will for all of us is heterosexual marriage. Speaking from personal experience, he explains how he found workable answers in Catholicism, with its clear, consistent teachings about the true meaning of sexuality, and the value and dignity of each human being. As the title suggests, the book shows that it's foolish to define ourselves (or others) in sexual terms. We're all one in Christ, whatever gender we are and whomever we're attracted to, and the moral laws apply to us all equally. And although there are many voices, from Freud to Calvin Klein, telling us that sex is the most wonderful and important thing in life, we know the truth: that the most wonderful and important thing in life is the cross. It must have taken a lot of courage to tell such a personal story. Thanks, David!
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Summary: Surprise! It's not just for gays
Review: I'm a married heterosexual who read David's book because I'm an orthodox Catholic interested in the agonizing debates over sexual matters within Christianity. I was quite surprised by how much "Beyond Gay" had to say to me, a straight man, about the theology of the body. David challenged me to think a lot more deeply about the way *all* of us consider our bodies, and the use of our sexuality. "Beyond Gay" cuts through so much cant and jargon to tell an *honest* story from a compassionate survivor of the sexual revolution. It is indispensable for priests, pastors and lay persons who seek to understand gay folks in charity, while leading them to fidelity to Biblical teaching. And it has almost as much to teach straights about the proper use of their own sexuality. What an unusual, wise book. It should be on the bookshelf of every culturally engaged Christian -- Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox.
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Summary: Surprise! It's not just for gays
Review: I'm a married heterosexual who read David's book because I'm an orthodox Catholic interested in the agonizing debates over sexual matters within Christianity. I was quite surprised by how much "Beyond Gay" had to say to me, a straight man, about the theology of the body. David challenged me to think a lot more deeply about the way *all* of us consider our bodies, and the use of our sexuality. "Beyond Gay" cuts through so much cant and jargon to tell an *honest* story from a compassionate survivor of the sexual revolution. It is indispensable for priests, pastors and lay persons who seek to understand gay folks in charity, while leading them to fidelity to Biblical teaching. And it has almost as much to teach straights about the proper use of their own sexuality. What an unusual, wise book. It should be on the bookshelf of every culturally engaged Christian -- Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox.
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Summary: offering hope to other homosexuals
Review: I'm a seventeen year-old girl who is a practicing Catholic. I was very confused when talking about the homosexual issue. This book not only helped me realize that you are to love the sinner and hate the sin but it also taught me that it is possible for homosexual's to live a chaste life. I also was taught through this book that many homosexuals just want to be loved, and their search has been a difficult one, as pointed out in Morrison's book that hardly any homosexuals remain monogamous, that some have many, many partners. The problem with today's society is that heterosexual's are just as wrong. They don't even know that sex before marriage is wrong, so it's very difficult for them to understand that homosexual's are not to perform sexual acts and to remain chaste. Thank You, David, for writng this book and offering hope to other homosexuals.
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Summary: Beyond "thou shalt not"
Review: Kudos to David Morrison for this book and the objective stance that he takes when approaching the issue of same-sex attraction. However, the issue of friendship, which is most important to the life the Catholic Church proposes for the chaste celibate, could have been addressed more objectively. For this, St. Aelred's book, "Spiritual Friendship" is recommended. Like Morrison, he addresses what true friendship is and how it is sought, developed and fruitful; but St. Aelred didn't have to battle with the 20th century's varied views of sexuality. Morrison is the man for the job and he handles it with great aplomb. This is a very important book for everyone. It explores the possibilities of true love of oneself, his/her neighbor and Christian discipleship. Thank you David Morrison.
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Summary: Important and Ground-Breaking
Review: Kudos to David Morrison for this book and the objective stance that he takes when approaching the issue of same-sex attraction. However, the issue of friendship, which is most important to the life the Catholic Church proposes for the chaste celibate, could have been addressed more objectively. For this, St. Aelred's book, "Spiritual Friendship" is recommended. Like Morrison, he addresses what true friendship is and how it is sought, developed and fruitful; but St. Aelred didn't have to battle with the 20th century's varied views of sexuality. Morrison is the man for the job and he handles it with great aplomb. This is a very important book for everyone. It explores the possibilities of true love of oneself, his/her neighbor and Christian discipleship. Thank you David Morrison.
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