Full Description
This book brings together the work of an international team of experts investigating the intersection of bisexuality, religion and spirituality. Drawing from disciplines such as sociology, psychology, theology, religious studies and literary studies, it critically examines, both theoretically and empirically, the lived experiences of bisexual people of diverse religious faiths and spiritualities, in the context of the UK, Canada, Lebanon, Turkey, Australia and the USA. As an important and insightful exploration of an under-researched and often misunderstood minority, this book will appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in sexuality, religion, spirituality and identity.
Contents
1. Bisexuality, Religion and Spirituality: Instigating a Dialogue
2. Bisexuality, (Non)Religion and Spirituality in Canadian Young Adults
3. Identifying as Young, Disabled and Bisexual within Evangelical Christianity: Abigail's Story
4. Bisexual Erasure and Religious Spaces: Experiences of Young Adults in the United Kingdom
5. Ritual and Liminality: Bisexuality within Christianity and Paganism
6. Negotiating Sexuality and Spirituality: The Lived Experiences of Bisexual Persons
7. Ambiguities, Authenticity and Actualisation: Life Story Research with a Bisexual Christian
8. 'Sweet Blasphemy': Elif Shafak, Bisexuality and Sufism
9. Religion, Male Bisexuality and Sexual Risk in Lebanon
10. Depression and Suicidality among Bisexual Christians
11. Bisexual Wellbeing: Impacts of Current Religion and Childhood Experiences
