{"product_id":"straight-to-jesus-tanya-erzen-9780520245822","title":"Straight to Jesus: Sexual and Christian Conversions in the Ex-Gay Movement","description":"Every year, hundreds of gay men and lesbians join ex-gay ministries in an attempt to convert to non-homosexual Christian lives. In this fascinating study of the transnational ex-gay movement, Tanya Erzen focuses on the everyday lives of men and women at New Hope Ministry, a residential ex-gay program, over the course of several years. \u003ci\u003eStraight to Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e traces the stories of people who have renounced long-term relationships and moved from other countries out of a conviction that the conservative Christian beliefs of their upbringing and their own same-sex desires are irreconcilable. Rather than definitively changing from homosexual to heterosexual, the participants experience a conversion that is both sexual and religious as born-again evangelical Christians. At New Hope, they maintain a personal relationship with Jesus and build new forms of kinship and belonging. By becoming what they call \"new creations,\" these men and women testify to religious transformation rather than changes in sexual desire or behavior. \u003ci\u003eStraight to Jesus \u003c\/i\u003eexposes how the Christian Right attempts to repudiate gay identity and political rights by using the ex-gay movement as evidence that \"change is possible.\" Instead, Erzen reveals, the realities of the lives she examines actually undermine this anti-gay strategy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tanya Erzen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520245822\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520245822\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 293\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.92h x 5.96w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/27\/2006 pg. 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLambda Book Report\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2006 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2006 pg. 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2007 pg. 34","brand":"Tanya Erzen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43919944712447,"sku":"9780520245822","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_6cc554ec-6ce7-440e-9618-72d44909e0a9.jpg?v=1680812775","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/straight-to-jesus-tanya-erzen-9780520245822","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}