Living spirituality and sexuality: A comparison of lesbian, gay and bisexual christians in france and britain

Social Compass

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-59

  Gross, Martine ^a   Yip, Andrew K T ^b  

^a Centre d'Études Interdisciplinaires des Faits Religieux   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bisexuality; Britain; Christianity; France; Homosexuality; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749261046     PISSN: 00377686     EISSN: 14617404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0037768609355535     Document Type: Article

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