Equal rites : lesbian and gay worship, ceremonies, and celebrations
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/catalog8853
- Publication Date
- c1995
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- BV 199 G39 E68 1995
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication
- Louisville KY
- Publisher
- Westminster John Knox
- Publication Date
- c1995
- Physical Description
- xix, 167 p. ; 23 x 14.7 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- "Editors: Kittredge Cherry [and] Zalmon Sherwood".
- Includes bibliographical references and bibliography: p. 167.
- "The time is ripe for a collection of worship services, ceremonies, and celebrations created by lesbian and gay people for use in communities that affirm them." -- Intro. p. xi.
- Contents: Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Rites to Mark Spiritual Beginnings -- 2. Rites of Healing -- 3. Funerals and Memorial Services -- 4. Rites of Blessing -- 5. Seasonal and Holiday Rites -- 6. Covenant Rites for Couples -- 7. Rites of Holy Communion -- 8. Rites of Lesbian/Gay Pride and Empowerment -- Contributors -- Appendix: National Lesbian/Gay Christian Organizations -- Selected Bibliography.
- Contents of section 1. Rites to Mark Spiritual Beginnings: Coming Out: Coming Home / Diann L. Neu -- A Coming-Out Liturgy / Malcolm Boyd -- Coming-Out Rite: I Acknowledge My Queer Identity / Zalmon Sherwood -- Rite of Welcome / D.B. Gregory Flaherty -- Christian Baptismal Covenant Liturgy: A Celebration of the Feminine Divine / Stephen J. Moore -- Rebaptism: A Transforming Time / Jane Adams Spahr and Kittredge Cherry -- Baptismal Liturgy / James Lancaster -- The Mixing of Our Earth: A Ritual for Creating Community / Sylvia Perez.
- Contents of 2. Rites of Healing: Invocation of Remembrance, Healing, and Empowerment in a Time of AIDS / Elias Farajaje-Jonez -- A Healing Service / A. Stephen Pieters -- Rite of Healing from Life-Threatening Disease / Zalmon Sherwood -- A Litany for Dialogue among People with Different Sexual Orientations / Eric H.F. Law -- Rite of Healing from Lesbian/Gay Bashing / Zalmon Sherwood -- Rite of Healing from Rape / Zalmon Sherwood -- Litany of Affirmation / Colleen Darraugh -- Ceremony of Dissolution / James Lancaster.
- Contents of section 3. Funerals and Memorial Services: Telling Love's Story: Remembering and Responding to AIDS / Diann L. Neu -- Litany for the AIDS Crisis / Paul A. Tucker -- Community Memorial Service / A. Stephen Pieters -- Graveside Service for a Gay Man Who Has Died Young / Zalmon Sherwood -- Funeral for a Lesbian Activist: Celebrating the Life of N. / Zalmon Sherwood and Kittredge Cherry -- Yom HaShoah: Day of Remembering the Holocaust / Steve Carson.
- Contents of section 4. Rites of Blessing: Home Blessing / James Lancaster -- Animal Blessing Service / Kittredge Cherry -- Rite of Blessing: For the Dedication of New Hymnals / Nancy Wilson -- Motorcycle Blessing: The Blessing of the Bikes / Steve Carson.
- Contents of section 5. Seasonal and Holiday Rites: Thanksgiving Rite / Zalmon Sherwood -- Rite for Advent / Chris R. Glaser -- Rite for Lent / Chris R. Glaser -- Rediscovering God as Father / Louis F. Kavar -- Maundy Thursday Service of Foot Washing / Troy D. Perry.
- Contents of section 6. Covenant Rites for Couples: A Celebration of Love and Commitment / Chris R. Glaser -- A Sample Service of Holy Union Based on the Tradition of Kwanzaa / Darlene Garner -- Celebration and Blessing of a Covenanted Union / Eleanor L. McLaughlin -- The Wedding: A Demonstration for the Rights of Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Couples / Troy D. Perry.
- Contents of section 7. Rites of Holy Communion: Eucharistic Prayer for the Powerless, the Oppressed, the Unusual / Marilyn McCord Adams -- The Great Thanksgiving: A Rite Based on the Song of Mary / Carter Heyward -- Dignity/USA Convention Eucharist 1991 / James E. Snight, Jr., adapted by Kevin Calegari and Thomas Kaun -- The Desert Experience / Christine Nusse -- Earth Communion / Sylvia Perez.
- Contents of section 8. Rites of Lesbian/Gay Pride and Empowerment: Invocation for All Saints' Day / James Lancaster -- A Celebration of Lesbian and Gay Pride / Michael S. Piazza, Carol A. West, and Paul A. Tucker -- A Rite of Commissioning for Lesbian/Gay Pride Celebrations / D.B. Gregory Flaherty -- Christian Affirmations of Lesbians and Gay Men: A Service in the Taize Style / Kittredge Cherry and Nathan Meckley -- Litany of Justice / Colleen Darraugh -- Litany for Divine Intervention / James Lancaster -- A Service of Worship for Empowerment / Lindsay Louise Biddle, editor -- What is Church ? / The Cathedral Project -- A Prayer / Malcolm Boyd.
- Kittredge Cherry is a member of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches. Zalmon Sherwood is an Episcopal priest. -- back cover.
- Added Entry
- Cherry, Kittredge, 1957-
- Sherwood, Zalmon O. (Zalmon Omar), 1956-
- Adams, Marilyn McCord, 1943-2017
- Biddle, Lindsay Louise
- Boyd, Malcolm, 1923-2015
- Carson, Steve
- Cathedral Project
- Darraugh, Colleen
- Farajaje-Jonez, Elias
- Flaherty, D.B. Gregory
- Garner, Darlene
- Glaser, Chris R., 1950-
- Heyward, Carter (Isabel Carter), 1945-
- Kavar, Louis F.
- Lancaster, James
- Law, Eric H.F. Eric Hung-Fat), 1957-
- McLaughlin, Eleanor L.
- Meckley, Nathan
- Moore, Stephen J.
- Neu, Diann L., 1948-
- Nusse, Christine
- Perry, Troy D.
- Perez, Sylvia
- Piazza, Michael S.
- Pieters, A. Stephen
- Snight, James E.
- Spahr, Jane Adams, 1942-
- Tucker, Paul A.
- West, Carol A.
- Wilson, Nancy L., 1950-
- Subjects
- Worship programs
- Gays - Religious life
- Homosexuality - Religious aspects - Christianity
- Homosexuals - Liturgies
- Homosexuals - Prayer-books and devotions
- Gays - Prayer-books and devotions - English
- Same sex unions
- Same-sex marriage
- Same sex unions - Liturgies
- AIDS (Disease) - Liturgies
- AIDS (Disease) - Religious aspects - Christianity
- Occasional services
- Benediction
- ISBN
- 0-664-25535-3 (alk. paper)
- Call Number
- BV 199 G39 E68 1995
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)