Stranger at the Gate: To Be Gay and Christian in America Paperback - 1995
by Mel White
White examines his own life as a devout Christian, husband, father, and preacher, and details the extreme and painful measures he took to deny his natural sexual desires. He provides a shocking firsthand account of the methods and tactics the religious right uses to wage a campaign of fear and hatred against homosexuals. National ad/media.
Summary
In this remarkable book, Mel White details his twenty-five years of being counseled, exorcised, electric-shocked, prayed for, and nearly driven to suicide because his church said homosexuality was wrong. But his salvationto be openly gay and Christianis more than a unique coming-out story. It is a chilling exposé that goes right into the secret meetings and hidden agendas of the religious right. Told by an eyewitness and sure to anger those Mel White once knew best, Stranger at the Gate is a warning about where the politics of hate may lead America a brave book by a good man whose words can make us richer in spirit and much wiser too.
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- Title Stranger at the Gate: To Be Gay and Christian in America
- Author Mel White
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Adult Hc/Tr, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1995-04-01
- ISBN 9780452273818 / 0452273811
- Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 6 x 0.9 in (22.61 x 15.24 x 2.29 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Sex & Gender: Gay
- Topical: Lgbt
- Library of Congress subjects Evangelicalism - United States, United States - Moral conditions
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 94038810
- Dewey Decimal Code B
Media reviews
Dallas Morning News
"A courageous and important book a clarion call for justice and freedom."
Malcolm Boyd, Episcopal priest, author of Take Off the Mask
"[Mel White is] perhaps the finest writer I know a man of integrity and fairness."
Jerry Falwell, to Daniel Cattau of the Dallas Morning News
"Compelling eloquent and compassionate We learn as much about growing up in the Christian right as we do about gay life in Mel White's heartfelt and revealing memoir."
San Francisco
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