@article{1453895,
      recid = {1453895},
      author = {Jennings, Mark,},
      title = {Happy : LGBTQ+ experiences of Australian  pentecostal-charismatic christianity /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xv, 293 pages).},
      abstract = {This book 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 Michel  Foucault, Judith Butler, Lewis Coser, and others, the book  exposes the discursive 'battleground' over the 'truth' of  sex which underlies the participants' stories. These rich  and complex narratives reveal the stakes of this conflict,  manifested in 'the line' - a barrier restricting out LGBTQ+  people from full participation in ministry and service.  Although some participants related stories of supportive-if  typically conservative-congregations where they felt able  to live out an authentic, integrated faith, others found  they could only leave their formerly close and supportive  communities behind, 'counter-rejecting' the churches and  often the faith that they felt had rejected them. Mark  Jennings (he/him) is the Senior Lecturer in Religious  Studies at Wollaston Theological College and University of  Divinity in Australia. He has published on  Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity, gender and sexuality,  secularisation, and neoliberalism. He is the author of  Exaltation: Ecstatic Experience in Pentecostalism and  Popular Music.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1453895},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20144-8},
}