Gary David Comstock is Protestant Chaplain and visiting associate professor of Religion at Wesleyan University. He is the author of Violence Against Lesbians and Gay Men and Unrepentant, Self-Affirming, Practicing: Lesbian/Bisexual/Gay with Organized Religion.

"Publishers' catalogues are full of books on the church's view of homosexuality; Comstock here offers gay views of the church. Given the often hostile environment, he asks why gay people stay in religious institutions. Using social scientific methods, he summarizes thirty-six surveys of gay attitudes toward religious communities, including Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, and Native American traditions. He adds data from his survey of gay people in two mainline Protestant denominations."--Religious Studies Review

• List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Preface; Ch. 1. Historical Overview; Ch. 2. Methodology and Studies; Ch. 3. Belonging, Switching, Leaving, and Shopping; Ch. 4. Service, Participation, Leadership, and Advocacy; Ch. 5. Seminary, Ordination, Ministry, and Employment; Ch. 6. Belief, Theology, Support, and Community; Ch. 7. Evaluations, Feelings, Reasons, and Challenges; Appendixes; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Gary David Comstock is Protestant Chaplain and visiting associate professor of Religion at Wesleyan University. He is the author of Violence Against Lesbians and Gay Men and Unrepentant, Self-Affirming, Practicing: Lesbian/Bisexual/Gay with Organized Religion.

"Publishers' catalogues are full of books on the church's view of homosexuality; Comstock here offers gay views of the church. Given the often hostile environment, he asks why gay people stay in religious institutions. Using social scientific methods, he summarizes thirty-six surveys of gay attitudes toward religious communities, including Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, and Native American traditions. He adds data from his survey of gay people in two mainline Protestant denominations."--Religious Studies Review

• List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Preface; Ch. 1. Historical Overview; Ch. 2. Methodology and Studies; Ch. 3. Belonging, Switching, Leaving, and Shopping; Ch. 4. Service, Participation, Leadership, and Advocacy; Ch. 5. Seminary, Ordination, Ministry, and Employment; Ch. 6. Belief, Theology, Support, and Community; Ch. 7. Evaluations, Feelings, Reasons, and Challenges; Appendixes; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Gary David Comstock is Protestant Chaplain and visiting associate professor of Religion at Wesleyan University. He is the author of Violence Against Lesbians and Gay Men and Unrepentant, Self-Affirming, Practicing: Lesbian/Bisexual/Gay with Organized Religion.

"Publishers' catalogues are full of books on the church's view of homosexuality; Comstock here offers gay views of the church. Given the often hostile environment, he asks why gay people stay in religious institutions. Using social scientific methods, he summarizes thirty-six surveys of gay attitudes toward religious communities, including Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, and Native American traditions. He adds data from his survey of gay people in two mainline Protestant denominations."--Religious Studies Review

• List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Preface; Ch. 1. Historical Overview; Ch. 2. Methodology and Studies; Ch. 3. Belonging, Switching, Leaving, and Shopping; Ch. 4. Service, Participation, Leadership, and Advocacy; Ch. 5. Seminary, Ordination, Ministry, and Employment; Ch. 6. Belief, Theology, Support, and Community; Ch. 7. Evaluations, Feelings, Reasons, and Challenges; Appendixes; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index