An article by Dr Mark Jennings has been published in the Journal for the Academic Study of Religion. In conservative Australian Christianity, "orthodoxy" is no longer about right doctrine, but the "truth" of sexuality...
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Mark Jennings
“The only way I could please God was to reject my sexuality”: Stories of LGBTQ+ people in Australian Pentecostal-Charismatic churches
LGBTQ+ people in Australian Pentecostal-Charismatic churches typically experience them as "greedy institutions," where a battleground over sexuality is waged.
Happy: LGBTQ+ Experiences of Australian Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity
Happy relates the unique experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ+) people in Australian Pentecostal-Charismatic Christian churches. Grounded in the theoretical contributions of...
The Anglican split: why has sexuality become so important to conservative Christians?
The conflict that has led to the Diocese of the Southern Cross breaking away from the Australian Anglican church isn’t based on ancient teachings, as the new group claim. The ancient meaning of “orthodoxy” had nothing...