Creating a space for spiritual practice: Pastoral possibilities with sexual minorities

Pastoral Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 711-721

  Heermann, Matthew ^a   Wiggins, Marsha I ^a   Rutter, Philip A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisexual; Gay; Identity; Lesbian; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547158072     PISSN: 00312789     EISSN: 15736679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11089-007-0085-y     Document Type: Review

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