Us versus Us, Andrew Marin
Us versus Us, Andrew Marin
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Us versus Us
The Untold Story of Religion and the LGBT Community

Author: Andrew Marin

Narrator: Paul Boehmer

Unabridged: 5 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/01/2016

Synopsis

Would you believe that 86 percent of LGBT people—from the proud marcher at the Pride Parade to the quiet, closeted teen—spent their childhood in church? More than half of them left those religious communities as adults; three out of four would be happy to come back.

For decades now we have found ourselves caught up in a culture war: us versus them. Good news: there is no them. Our culture war has been a civil war: us versus us. And there is a path toward meaningful peace.

Andrew Marin brings the startling findings of his largest-ever scientific survey of the religious history, practices, and beliefs of the LGBT community. Marin's findings offer clear direction for both sides of a long cultural battle to meet in the middle, sacrificing neither conviction nor integrity as they rediscover the things they have in common and the hope found in Christ alone.

About Andrew Marin

Andrew Marin is the president and founder of the Marin Foundation. He is also the author of the award-winning book Love Is an Orientation: Elevating the Conversation with the Gay Community and is a regular contributor to a variety of media outlets. He frequently lectures at universities around the world.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brian on February 22, 2018

I've take a break from reading books on the whole topic of faith and sexuality for a couple years because I overdosed on it for too long, but I was doing a rare speaking engagement on the topic and wanted to check a quote I half remembered from Marin from years ago. I decided to buy the Kindle editi......more

Goodreads review by Alicia on December 03, 2020

Read this as the high-quality research it is. You (like me) may not agree with every conclusion that the researcher makes. But the research is excellent and the practical suggestions are convicting. Raised in a religious community weekly from 0-18 • 86% of LGBT people • 75% of general American populat......more

Goodreads review by Luke on September 08, 2022

This is a book that has fantastic statistics about the LGBT community reconciling with religion and religious organizations and it is very, very interesting. There are a lot of things that religious people/religious leaders can take heart from within the book like the fact that so many LGBT people ca......more

Goodreads review by Steven on May 16, 2024

THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY OF LGBT PERSONS ABOUT RELIGION Author Andrew Marin (who describes himself as “a white, cisgender male… [who doesn’t] know what it’s like to be a part of a minority population that is received by the majority church culture with hesitation, if at all”; pg. 21) wrote in the Intr......more

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