{"product_id":"come-now-let-us-argue-it-out-9781496228192","title":"Come Now Let Us Argue It Out","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCome Now, Let Us Argue It Out\u003c\/i\u003e provides a look into a community that challenges common narratives about what it means to be LGBTQ and Christian in the contemporary United States. Based on his participant-observation fieldwork with a faith-based organization called the Reformation Project, Jon Burrow-Branine provides an ethnography of how some LGBTQ and LGBTQ-supportive Christians negotiate identity and difference and work to create change in evangelicalism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCome Now, Let Us Argue It Out\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of how this activism can be understood as a community of counter-conduct. Drawing on a concept proposed by the philosopher and historian Michel Foucault, Burrow-Branine documents everyday moments of agency and resistance that have the potential to form new politics, ethics, and ways of being as individuals in this community navigate the exclusionary politics of mainstream evangelical institutions, culture, and theology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e More broadly, Burrow-Branine con\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eCome Now, Let Us Argue It Out\u003c\/i\u003e is an extremely important and timely work. The book not only sheds light on the strategies and tactics of a major LGBTQ Christian organization, the Reformation Project, but also provides compelling insights into the intersections of religion, gender, sexuality, and social activism more generally. This is a phenomenal book that deserves a wide readership.”—Jonathan Coley, author of \u003ci\u003eGay on God’s Campus: Mobilizing for LGBT Equality at Christian Colleges and Universities\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is a topic of tremendous importance, pointing to massive changes afoot in evangelical America. Many younger Christians in particular are keeping their faith in God but losing faith in churches that are hostile to their LGBTQ friends and loved ones. . . . This is a fascinating contribution to American studies, sociology, anthropology, and religion studies.”—Dawne Moon, author of \u003ci\u003eGod, Sex, and Politics: Homosexuality and Everyday Theologies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Grace-Filled Conversations and Public Things\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Problem of Scripture\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Sexual Self and Spiritual Health\u003cbr\u003e 4. Transgender Figures and Trans Inclusion\u003cbr\u003e 5. Academies of Racial Justice\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409237156183,"sku":"9781496228192","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496228192.jpg?v=1730506086","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/come-now-let-us-argue-it-out-9781496228192","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}