Queer and Catholic : a life of contradiction by Dowd, Mark, 1960- instant download

Queer and Catholic : a life of contradiction by Dowd, Mark, 1960- instant download

1 online resource (145 pages), \"This superb memoir of a gay, working class boy from Manchester exploring how to reconcile his sexuality with his Catholicism is all the more powerful because of his deep knowledge of and commitment to his faith. Spanning the late 1960s to the present day, Mark Dowd's Queer and Catholic chronicles a changing attitude to same-sex attraction over more than half a century and is packed with stories in turn funny, deeply moving and spiritually insightful ...\"--Publisher's website, Print version record, Autobiography, Preface -- My father ... and the Persil advert -- Talking in my sleep -- First love -- Friar -- Michael -- When my father helped me bury my father -- Queer and Catholic -- Pablo -- Vale of tears -- Saved by a saint