Document Type
Contribution to Book
Language
eng
Format of Original
5 p.
Publication Date
2014
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Source Publication
More than a Monologue: Sexual Diversity and the Catholic Church: Voices of Our Time
Source ISSN
9780823256570
Original Item ID
doi: 10.5422/fordham/9780823256570.003.0009
Abstract
This chapter presents a critique—based on the chapter’s author’s own experiences as a university teacher, parish minister, and pastoral advocate—of the deleterious effects of what he calls “the pervasive climate of fear” and reactivity that surrounds even modest attempts at open conversation among Catholics about sexual diversity and the church. It suggest that this climate of fear is debilitating and dangerous, especially within a faith community charged by Jesus to “be not afraid.” Left unaddressed, this fear has wide-ranging effects that threaten the well-being not only of LGBT Catholics but of all Catholics and indeed the very mission and identity of the church.
Recommended Citation
Massingale, Bryan, "The Experience of a Pastoral Advocate and Implications for the Church" (2014). Theology Faculty Research and Publications. 397.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/theo_fac/397
Comments
Published version. "The Experience of a Pastoral Advocate and Implications for the Church," in More than a Monologue: Sexual Diversity and the Catholic Church: Voices of Our Times. Eds. Christine Firer Hinze and J. Patrick Hornbeck II. New York: Fordham University Press, 2014: 91-95. DOI. © 2014 Fordham University Press. Used with permission.