Gay Believers: Homosexuality and Religion (The Gallup's Guide to Modern Gay, Lesbian, & Transgender Lifestyle)

Sanna, Emily

ISBN 10: 1422217493 ISBN 13: 9781422217498

Publisher: Mason Crest, 2010

Synopsis

"An exclusive Gallup Poll book"--P. [4] of cover.

About this title

From Booklist:

Part of the new Gallup’s Guide to Modern Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Lifestyle series, this short introduction to homosexuality and religion offers younger teens an objective and thoughtful look at a controversial issue. Colorful sidebars with catchy labels offer definitions of words used in the text (“What’s that mean?”) as well as supplemental material (“Extra info”). Links to websites and short bibliographies at the end of each chapter offer more resources to explore five major religions. Colorful photos of religious art add to the text, though the few photos of actual people are less successful, with a notably awkward image of two young people cautiously opening a closet door and peering out to illustrate the stress of “coming out of the closet” in a religious family. Sanna frequently tells a story to illustrate her point, with quotes from both young gay believers and religious leaders. Short sentences and large print make this suitable for middle-school curriculum or for less-advanced readers. For older readers, try Kevin Hillstrom’s Religion and Sexuality (2008), from the Opposing Viewpoints series. Grades 6-10. --Debbie Carton

From School Library Journal:

Grade 6 Up—While these series titles leave out a key group, bisexuals, they cover a wide range of topics. The advice is solid and can easily be found elsewhere, but the books are easy to read, up-to-date, and include personal stories that many readers will relate to. Religion discusses homosexuality in Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. Each book includes photographs; charts; sidebars with additional pertinent information such as definitions and anecdotes; extensive bibliographies; links to useful websites; and book suggestions. Unfortunately, some of the charts are not easy to decipher, and some of the photograph captions contradict the texts. For the most part, though, the information is clearly presented without being too dry.—Sarah K. Allen, Elko Middle School, Sandston, VA
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About this edition

• Publisher: Mason Crest
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1422217493
• ISBN 13: 9781422217498
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 64