Spirituality, sexuality and identity: A story of dis-possession
Taking an autoethnograpic approach, this story begins with a personal account of the experience of growing up with a working-class North of England background in the late 1950s, and the emergence of sexual identity. Set in the context of changing national and international mores, the story unfolds t...
| Published in: | Journal for the Study of Spirituality |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
[2020]
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| In: |
Journal for the Study of Spirituality
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Spiritual experience
/ Sexual identity
/ Religious identity
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BL Buddhism KBF British Isles |
| Further subjects: | B
Spirituality
B Homosexuality B Awareness B Awakening B Identity B Liberation B non-attachment |
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| Summary: | Taking an autoethnograpic approach, this story begins with a personal account of the experience of growing up with a working-class North of England background in the late 1950s, and the emergence of sexual identity. Set in the context of changing national and international mores, the story unfolds to include the author's spiritual awakening and the impact of spiritual teachings about the nature of non-attachment, identity and freedom. As the paper explores, the freedom that comes from the first acknowledgement of sexual identity (in this case ‘being gay’) can be immense and life affirming, but may also be self limiting. There is a possibility of a more expanded consciousness through spiritual work that breaks the connection with the need to have any identity at all. |
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| ISSN: | 2044-0251 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the Study of Spirituality
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/20440243.2020.1812888 |