Scott Thumma is professor of sociology of religion and web and distance education at the Hartford Institute for Religion Research, Hartford Seminary. Edward R. Gray is visiting assistant professor of religion at Emory University and the executive director of YouthPride, a community based youth service and advocacy organization in Atlanta.

Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Introduction Part 3 Part I: Denominational Heritage Expressions Chapter 4 Part I Introduction Chapter 5 Gay Gods of the City: The Emergence of the Gay and Lesbian Ethnic Parish Chapter 6 Reconciling Congregations Bridging Gay and Straight Communities Chapter 7 No Longer an Oxymoron: Integrating Gay and Lesbian Seventh-day Adventist Identities Chapter 8 Negotiating a Religious Identity: The Case of the Gay Evangelical Chapter 9 Why Join A Gay Synagogue? Chapter 10 Latter-Day Saint Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Spirituality Chapter 11 Sexuality and Gender in Santería: LGBT Identities at the Crossroads of Santería Religious Practices and Beliefs Chapter 12 Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Buddhist Practitioners Chapter 13 Shades of Grey or Back to Nature? The Enduring Qualities of Ex-Gay Ministries Part 14 Part II: Subaltern / Sectarian Expressions Chapter 17 Part Introduction Chapter 17 Pluralism and Diversity: Music as Discourse and Information in a Gay and Lesbian Congregation Chapter 18 "St Gerard Teaches Him That Love Cancels That Out:" Devotion to St. Gerard Maiella Among Italian American Catholic Gay Men in Newark, New Jersey Chapter 19 A Religion of One's Own: Gender and LGBT Religiosities Chapter 20 Liberation in Truth: African American Lesbians Reflect on Religion, Spirituality, and Their Church Chapter 21 Utopian Imaginaries and Faerie Practice:Mapping Routes of Relational Agency Chapter 22 Queering the Dragonfest: Changing Sexualities in a Post- Patriarchal Religion Part 23 Part III: Popular Expressions Chapter 24 Part III Introduction Chapter 25 The Gospel Hour: Liminality, Identity, & Religion in a Gay Bar Chapter 26 Intermediaries: Spirit and Transcendence in a Sample of "Third Gendered" North Americans Chapter 27 Rite to Party: Circuit Parties and Religious Experience Chapter 30 Gay Men's Spiritual Experience in the Leather Community Chapter 30 The Harvey Milk Show: Violence, Desire, and Gay Popular Culture Chapter 31 Conclusion: Gay Religion as a Cultural Production Chapter 31 The Spirit Within: Gay Male Culture as a Spiritual Venue Chapter 32 Appendix: LGBT Religious Support and Advocacy Group Information Chapter 33 Index