Bibliograph

BJU and me, queer voices from the world's most Christian university, edited by Lance Weldy

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BJU and me, queer voices from the world's most Christian university, edited by Lance Weldy

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

BJU and me

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1285566209

Responsibility statement

edited by Lance Weldy

Sub title

queer voices from the world's most Christian university

Summary

"Bob Jones University is a Christian, fundamentalist, nondenominational liberal arts school in Greenville, South Carolina. BJU was founded in 1927 by Christian evangelist Bob Jones Sr., who was against the secularization of higher education and the influence of religious liberalism in denominational colleges. For most of the twentieth century, BJU branded itself as the "World's Most Unusual University" because of its separatist culture. Many BJU students come from fundamentalist communities and are aware of BJU's strict rules and conservative lifestyle. So why would queer students enroll at BJU? A former queer student of BJU himself, Lance Weldy has come to terms with his own involvement with the institution and has reached out to other queer students to help represent the range of queer experience in this restrictive atmosphere. BJU and Me: Queer Voices from the World's Most Christian University provides behind-the-scenes explanations from nineteen former BJU students from the past few decades who now identify as LGBT. They write about their experiences, reflect on their relationships with a religious institution, and describe their vulnerability under a controlling regime. Some students hid their sexuality and graduated under the radar; others transferred to other schools but faced reparative therapy elsewhere; some endured mandatory counseling sessions on campus; while still others faced incredible obstacles after being outed by or to the BJU administration. These students give voices to their queer experiences at BJU and share their unique stories, including encounters with internal and/or external trauma and their paths to self-validation and recovery. Often their journeys led them out of fundamentalism and the BJU network entirely"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction: What is BJU? -- Lance Weldy -- Bill Ballantyne -- Andrew Bolden -- Fawn Mullinix -- Megan Milliken -- Curt Allison -- Micah J. Smith -- Marshall -- Sandra Merzib -- Reid -- Rachel Oblak -- Blair Durkee -- David Diachenko -- Peter Crane -- Jeff Mullinix -- Elena Kelly -- Steve Shamblin -- Christy Haussler -- Avery Wrenne -- Conclusion: Queer times at BJU

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