Blessed Bi Spirit: Bisexual People of Faith
edited by Deb Kolodny
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Many works are devoted to the specific spiritual inheritance of heterosexual women, lesbians and gay men. This is the first such anthology in which bisexual persons speak for themselves. Blessed with the possibility of a love which transcends the socially constructed boundary of gender identity (masculine/feminine) and the biologically constructed boundary of sex (male/female), bisexual persons speak to a number of theological principles as no others can. Reflecting a wide spectrum of religious traditions and spiritual paths -- including Buddhist, Hindu, 12-step, Pagan, Indigenous, Christian and Jewish -- the 32 contributors speak about the intersections of their faith practice and their sexual orientation.
Some write about struggles in their denomination to be "out" as bisexuals. Others find their capacity to love both woman and men rooted in their faith traditions. Still others create new prayers and rituals to widen the boundaries of their faith practice. Rich insights abound on achieving wholeness, balance, integration, on reconciling immanence and transcendence, on sacred sexuality, on crossing boundaries, on living fully in one's calling.
ABOUT THE EDITOR: Debra Kolodny has been an activist in faith and social justice movements for 20 years. She served two terms as a National Coordinator for BiNet USA and is currently the facilitator of the National Religious Leadership Roundtable, a collaborative project of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGTLF) and Equal Partners in Faith.
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Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword: Conjectures of a Supportive Bi-Stander, Mary Hunt
- Introduction
By Our Lives, Be We Spirit : Holy Identity
- Sacre Coeur, Greta Ehrig
- The Holy Leper and the Bisexual Christian, Amanda Udis-Kessler
- God is a Divine Androgen, Soror OchO
- Bi God: Rediscovering an Ancient Self, Marcia Deihl
- Whereto, My Beloved, Ganapati Durgadas
- From Darkness to Gateway: A Journey Toward the Light, A. Threatt
- I Can Love all the Faces of G-d, Gilly Rosenthol
- Look to this Day, Lynn Dobbs
- Is It Too Much To Ask?, Rosefire
- Jesus, Bread, Wine and Roses, a Bi Feminist at the Catholic Worker, Laurel
Dykstra
- I am Goddess and God, Therefore I am Bi, Pashta MaryMoon
Communion with Spirit: Wholeness is Holy
- Lovemaking, Susan Craig
- Hear, I Pray you, this Dream Which I Have Dreamed, Debra Kolodny
- Merging Candles - From Dualism Into All, Robin Renee
- From Orientation to Orienteering, Ann Schranz
- Harlot for the Queen of Heaven, Sherry Marts
- Capacity to Enter, Canyon Sam
- Aphrodite Urania: Blurring Lines, Crossing Boundaries, Raven Kaldera
- Living in the Margins, Danny Klopovic
- Movie Mecca, Kelly Cresap
- Your Love Amazes Me, Diane Pasta
- Bisexuality and Women's Spirituality, Barbara Gibson
- A Life of Passion and Compassion, Valerie Tobin
Wrestling with Spirit: Who Defines Holiness?
- Untitled, Susan Craig
- If You do not Tell the Truth, It will Strangle You, Gary Bowan
- Erotic Spiritualities, Loraine Hutchins
- From Fundamentalism to Freedom, Aurora Rose Wolf
- A Word We Cannot Yet Speak-A Word We Must Now Speak, Susan Craig
- From Minister to Sex Radical, Ellen Brenner
- Fear of Growing Things, Elizabeth Andrew
- Full Circle, Cheryl Soriano
- My Proclivities: Buddhism, Bisexuality, Theory, Action, P. S. Nellhaus
- The Goddess Blesses All Forms of Love, Starhawk
Sample Chapter
Rosefire. "Is It Too Much To Ask?" Chapter 9 of Blessed Bi Spirit, ed. Debra Kolodny. NY, London: Continuum, (c)2000, p. 65-77.
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