Chris Glaser.Nearly 30 years after being denied ordination by the Presbyterian Church (USA) because he is gay, Chris Glaser Chris Glaser has been an activist in the movement for full inclusion of GLBT Christians in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) for over 30 years. He graduated from Yale University with a M.Div. degree in 1977. , 55, is finally an ordained or·dain tr.v. or·dained, or·dain·ing, or·dains 1. a. To invest with ministerial or priestly authority; confer holy orders on. b. To authorize as a rabbi. 2. minister. The Yale Divinity School The main mission of Yale College at its founding in 1701 was religious training. In its charter, it was designed as a school "wherein Youth may be instructed in the Arts & Sciences who through the blessing of Almighty God may be fitted for Publick employment both in Church & Civil State. graduate and author of nine books, including Uncommon Calling: A Gay Christian's Struggle to Serve the Church, took a job with the Christ Covenant Metropolitan Community Church in Decatur, Ga., October 2. How does it feel to finally be ordained? I'm pleased by it. At the same time I'm disappointed that it's not happening within the Presbyterian Church, because that's where I've done most of my activism. Will you continue to fight for change in the Presbyterian Church? Oh, sure I will. What's interesting is that the ordination in MCC (The Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation, Austin, TX) The first high-tech research and development consortium in the U.S., created in 1982 by leading companies within the electronics industry. gives me a certain credibility, even within the Presbyterian Church. Why is religion still having such a hard time with gays? I think because we have embraced a very disembodied spirituality. It's ironic because our central affirmation as Christians is incarnation: We believe that somehow God became flesh and dwells among us. That has an effect of recognizing the body as a sacred locus for Gods presence, and if we practiced a more embodied spirituality, we would recognize that sex is another means of grace The Means of Grace in Christian theology are those things (the means) through which God gives grace. Just what this grace entails is interpreted in various ways: generally speaking, some see it as God blessing humankind so as to sustain and empower the Christian life; , another way that God shows his tender loving care. How can we argue for the acceptance of gay people in the church? Jesus was very accepting of all people, and the church behaves much like the religious authorities of Jesus' time in keeping people out. Jesus would be quite comfortable with gay and lesbian and bisexual and transgender people The people on this list have been selected because their fame or notoriety is in some way due or connected to their transgender identity or behaviour. Each person in this list has hir own Wikipedia article, where each subject can be studied in much greater detail. and in fact would prefer to be with us to many of the mainstream religious people. |
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