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You Can, If You Want To

Navigating Christian Faith, Conscience, and matters LGBTQ+

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 Bloomsbury presents You Can, If You Want To: Navigating Christian Faith, Conscience, and matters LGBTQ+, written and read by James Alison

What if Christianity was far more liberating than the culture wars suggest? Can the conflict concerning Christianity and homosexuality be viewed from a more interpretative lens? James Alison, a Catholic priest who is also a gay man, has been wrestling with the matter for over forty years.

This luminous and rigorous book dismantles the fear-based binaries which have dominated conversations in the Church. Striving to address potential concerns about accepting LGBTQ+ individuals within the church, James draws on scripture, tradition and his lived experience to form a broader understanding of faith and humanity.©2025 James Alison (P)2025 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Christianisme Pastorale et évangélisme Vie chrétienne Études religieuses Tradition
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Alison’s book not only succeeds brilliantly at its own (already ambitious) goal of arguing why the letter of Christian scripture does NOT stand in the way of affirming LGBTQ+ individuals, relationships, & communities, and that the spirit of Christianity actually demands it — he has also written a book here that I would happily recommend to anyone looking for an intelligent, accessible account of what Christianity actually is. A genuinely beautiful book with a title that I’m afraid will lead casual browsers to pass it up; the “you can” of the title refers to affirming LGBTQ+ people in the church, or, for LGBTQ+ readers themselves, moving on from any shame or guilt associated with ecclesiastical homophobia; & the “if you want to” puts the stress on ‘you’ — in other words, if you won’t, don’t try blaming God’s will, or the Bible, or tradition, or ancient teaching. Alison’s reading the book himself makes for something like an extended homily, in the best way possible (I’d initially sped it up to x1.3, but pretty quickly slowed it down to the original setting). Highly recommend!

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