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Author Boisvert, Donald L., 1951-2019.

Title Sanctity and male desire : a gay reading of saints / Donald L. Boisvert.

Publication Info. Cleveland : Pilgrim Press, 2004.
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  282.092 B684S    Check Shelf
Description 224 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-215) and index.
Contents Michael the Archangel -- Sebastian and Tarcisius -- John the Baptist -- Joseph -- Paul and Augustine -- The Ugandan and North American martyrs -- Francis of Assisi -- Dominic Savio and other boy saints -- Damien and the missionary saints -- Peter Julian Eymard and the Eucharist -- The erotic Christ -- Gay saints -- The lover and the activist: understanding gay male sanctity.
Summary "Human desire is a path to spiritual wholeness, says author Donald Boisvert, in this evocative look at how saints - and one's devotion to them - can be sites for the confirmation and celebration of homoerotic desire. The author comes to the topic as a gay scholar of religion and draws upon his own experience of saints including his years in seminary beginning at age thirteen. Saints can inspire desire and, through eclectic readings of their lives and imagery, the author suggests meanings and strategies attached to the emergence of same-sex attraction."--Jacket.
Subject Boisvert, Donald L., 1951-2019.
Christian saints.
Homosexuality -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
Desire -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
Religious biography.
Boisvert, Donald L., 1951-2019. (OCoLC)fst01552086
Desire -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church. (OCoLC)fst02006225
Christian saints. (OCoLC)fst00859491
Homosexuality -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church. (OCoLC)fst00959789
Religious biography. (OCoLC)fst01093948
Gay men -- Sexuality.
Genre/Form Religious biography.
Other Form: Online version: Boisvert, Donald L., 1951- Sanctity and male desire. Cleveland : Pilgrim Press, 2004 (OCoLC)609358983
ISBN 0829815236 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780829815238 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
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