A review by domskeac
Heavy Burdens: Seven Ways LGBTQ Christians Experience Harm in the Church by Bridget Eileen Rivera
2.0
Read for work. The main through-line of this book is to point out the hypocrisy of church leaders who condemn homosexuality when the sexual ethics of their own churches are full of sexual abuse and relationship abuse. That’s not untrue, and it’s a fine thing to point out about churches.
But saying something like “hey don’t yell at me for my sins, you sin too” doesn’t track with me because I don’t think homosexuality is a sin. My main critique (and reason why I wouldn’t recommend this book) is a theological disagreement with the author. I am interested in recognizing the harm the church has done to queer folk, but there’s a lot of harm from the church that goes unrecognized when the author doesn’t express a clear theology of abundance around queerness.
But saying something like “hey don’t yell at me for my sins, you sin too” doesn’t track with me because I don’t think homosexuality is a sin. My main critique (and reason why I wouldn’t recommend this book) is a theological disagreement with the author. I am interested in recognizing the harm the church has done to queer folk, but there’s a lot of harm from the church that goes unrecognized when the author doesn’t express a clear theology of abundance around queerness.