Christianity, LGBTQ Suicide, and the Souls of Queer Folk

Cody J. Sanders

Christianity, LGBTQ Suicide, and the Souls of Queer Folk
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Lexington Books
Country
United States
Published
15 July 2020
Pages
152
ISBN
9781793606099

Christianity, LGBTQ Suicide, and the Souls of Queer Folk

Cody J. Sanders

While garnering the attention of professionals across disciplines, from medicine to public health to psychology, and frequently covered as a topic of public concern in the news media, the elevated occurrence of suicide attempts among LGBTQ persons has earned little attention within the literature of theology and religious studies. This book fills that lacuna by addressing the role that religious, spiritual, and theological narratives play in shaping the souls of queer folk. Taking a narrative approach to qualitative interview material from LGBTQ individuals who survived their suicide attempts, the author argues that theological narratives can operate violently upon the souls of LGBTQ people in ways that make life precarious and, at time, seem unlivable. The book critically addresses the violence of theological narratives upon queer souls, filling a crucial void in scholarship concerning the role of religion-and specifically Christianity-in LGBTQ suicide. Ultimately, the author draws upon the interview material to move readers toward constructive methods of contributing to the resistance and resilience of queer souls in relation to soul violence, asking how we can intervene with practices of care in order to cultivate livability of life for queer people.

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