Eve Tushnet
about my Catholic book:
…PETE: Who is your target audience for this book?
EVE TUSHNET: The bull’s-eye of the target is people like me: actual gay people who belong to Christian churches which hold the historical Christian sexual ethic. People who need to know *how* they can lead fruitful, loving lives within Church teaching. I tried to write the book I wished I’d been able to read when I converted.
But the other circles of the target include people who want to explore vocations outside marriage and religious vows; people who want to strengthen their friendships, and help our society see friendship as a potential form of kinship; people who want our churches to be places of refuge and welcome for gay people, rather than places of conflict and suspicion; and people who want to understand why any self-respecting gay person would subject herself to the dogmas of the Catholic Church. I’ve been surprised and very grateful for the many married people who have told me that the book has helped them understand their own vocations.
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