Happy: LGBTQ+ experiences of Australian pentecostal-charismatic christianity

In: Christianity and renewal: Interdisciplinary studies

Abstract

1. Introduction -- 2. Ecstatic Church—Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity in Australia—Antecedents, History, and Present Shape -- 3. A Happy Science—LGBTQ+ Sexuality and Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity -- 4. Perfection and Anxiety: Theological and Scriptural foundations of Pentecostal-Charismatic Christian attitudes to LGBTQ+ -- 5. The Battleground: discursive conflict between LGBTQ+ people and Pentecostal-Charismatic Churches for LGBTQ+ people in Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity. 6 -- Turbulent Waters—Australian Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity and Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change Efforts -- 7. Attempted Integrations—LGBTQ+ Christians who remained in PCC Churches -- 8. Counter-Rejections—LGBTQ+ people leaving Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity -- 9. "Born wrong" Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity and 'Troubling Bodies' -- 10. Conclusion.