Jesus and the Shamanic Tradition of Same Sex Love
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.61 (635 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1590213807 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 236 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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By delving into the sacred heart of the Jesus myth, he opens gateways of revelation that both astound and inspire. ''Will Roscoe always takes us places we never thought we'd go. Precise, political, and deeply personal, Roscoe's work moves the discussion about the role of same-sex love in the evolution of human consciousness ahead by a quantum leap.'' --Mark Thompson, author of the Gay Spirit, Gay Soul, Gay Body trilogy . By delving into the sacred heart of the Jesus myth, he opens gateways of revelation that both astound and inspire. Precise, political, and deeply personal, Roscoe's
He holds a PhD in History of Consciousness from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the author of The Zuni-Man Woman, which received a Lambda Literary Award and the Margaret Mead Award of the American Anthropological Association, Queer Spirits: A Gay Men's Myth Book, and Changing Ones: Third and Fourth Genders in Native North America. Will Roscoe is one of the most widely published authors in queer studies.
Open your mind to new possibilities about Jesus, the man David Clarke As the author of a gay and spiritually-themed book,[], I am always on the outlook for books that feed my spirit and open my mind. This is one book that will do it for you.Yes, you must have an open mind. You need to be open to the possibility that Jesus may have been gay. You need to open yourself to the possibility that he practiced a sacred form of communion through physical intimacy. This book will open new doors to you.It is especially affirming to gay people who have been oppressed and judged on the basis of their sexualit. "Heaven on Earth" according to Toby Johnson. This review of the first edition appeared in White Crane Journal #6Heaven on Earth This review of the first edition appeared in White Crane Journal #63 Winter 200Heaven on Earth Toby Johnson This review of the first edition appeared in White Crane Journal #63 Winter 2004/95 As one of the early exponents of the Two-Spirit/berdache tradition in Native American cultures, with his first book The Zuni Man-Woman, Will Roscoe has played a key role in the development of contemporary gay spiritualities. Now in his new book he offers a welcome synthesis of ideas and myths from such disparate sources as berdache tradition, Gnostic Christianity, Plato, Siberian shamanism, Walt Whitman, early gay liberation, and modern day AIDS. /95 As one of the early exponents of the Two-Spirit/berdache tradition in Native American cultures, with his first book The Zuni Man-Woman, Will Roscoe has played a key role in the development of contemporary gay spiritualities. Now in his new book he offers a welcome synthesis of ideas and myths from such disparate sources as berdache tradition, Gnostic Christianity, Plato, Siberian shamanism, Walt Whitman, early gay liberation, and modern day AIDS. Winter 200Heaven on Earth Toby Johnson This review of the first edition appeared in White Crane Journal #63 Winter 2004/95 As one of the early exponents of the Two-Spirit/berdache tradition in Native American cultures, with his first book The Zuni Man-Woman, Will Roscoe has played a key role in the development of contemporary gay spiritualities. Now in his new book he offers a welcome synthesis of ideas and myths from such disparate sources as berdache tradition, Gnostic Christianity, Plato, Siberian shamanism, Walt Whitman, early gay liberation, and modern day AIDS. /95 As one of the early exponents of the Two-Spirit/berdache tradition in Native American cultures, with his first book The Zuni Man-Woman, Will Roscoe has played a key role in the development of contemporary gay spiritualities. Now in his new book he offers a welcome synthesis of ideas and myths from such disparate sources as berdache tradition, Gnostic Christianity, Plato, Siberian shamanism, Walt Whitman, early gay liberation, and modern day AIDS. Good work, not quite for the uninitiated or unsophisticated Bro. Christopher Llewellyn This work is clearly not for amateurs or those unsophisticated in trends of Biblical interpretation dating back tooh, 1920!i think it is necessary to at least read the prologue before jumping to hasty conclusions about what Roscoe's agenda is.Strange, but he seems to address all of the issues raised by a previous reviewer. That reviewer seemed to fall into every possible misunderstanding of the text which Roscoe, himself, discusses and places into context in his prologue.As someone with a background in Greek cultural history an
Recipient of the Lambda Literary Award for Religion/Spirituality, Jesus and the Shamanic Tradition of Same-Sex Love is a passionate exploration of the history of Western religion as seen through the queer eye of one of the most widely acclaimed authors in gay spirituality. Drawing on recently discovered ancient sources, Will Roscoe offers a striking new view of Jesus as a charismatic mystic, whose teachings on love and the kingdom of heaven were complemented by a secret rite that served to impart the experience of entering heaven. After meticulously reconstructing this rite, Roscoe seeks its ultimate origins an odyssey that eventually leads him to the margins of the inhabited world, where the ancient practices of shamanism survive to today.