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Open: A Memoir of Faith, Family, and Sexuality in the Heartland

Open: A Memoir of Faith, Family, and Sexuality in the Heartland - Paperback

by E. Scott Jones
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Availability:In StockContributor:E. Scott JonesPublish date:2018-09-04Pages:288
Languages:EnglishPublisher:E. Scott JonesISBN-13:9781943988105ISBN-10:1943988102UPC:9781943988105Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Social Science, ReligionBook Subcategory:Memoirs, LGBTQ+ Studies, Christian LivingBook Topic:Gay Studies, Social IssuesSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.74Product ID:SC5VBR2J8Z

Open is a story of coming out as a gay man while working as a Baptist youth minister in Texas. Open is also the story of a Christian evangelical family living in the American heartland who must grapple with the son who has challenged their beliefs. Set in the front lines of the struggle for LGBT equality in the 21st century, Open explores the universal question of how we as humans live true to ourselves as our network of relations pushes back. Open is the story of how one man succeeded - living openly as a gay man and as a Christian minister in the Bible Belt.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:E. Scott JonesISBN-13:9781943988105ISBN-10:1943988102UPC:9781943988105Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Social Science, ReligionBook Subcategory:Memoirs, LGBTQ+ Studies, Christian LivingBook Topic:Gay Studies, Social IssuesSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.74Product ID:SC5VBR2J8Z
Jones, E. Scott: - E. Scott Jones grew up in a small town in Oklahoma knowing since the age of five that he wanted to be a preacher. Then at age 29, he came out as a gay man, while serving as a youth minister at a Baptist church in Texas. He is a graduate of Oklahoma Baptist University and received his Ph. D. in philosophy from the University of Oklahoma. He has previously pastored churches in Arkansas, Texas, and Oklahoma. Today Scott is the Senior Minister of the First Central Congregational Church in Omaha, Nebraska and a lecturer in the Philosophy Department of Creighton University. He and his husband Michael are the delighted parents of a toddler son. Scott is an accomplished activist with keen insights on life in the American heartland.
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