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Queer and Catholic
Queer and Catholic | Mark Dowd
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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, including: coming out to his parents by talking in his sleep, training to become a Dominican priest before eloping from a religious order with an ex friar, and attending the funeral of his father - accompanied by his father!
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This is a fascinating memoir. It's really interesting to hear how the author reconciles his Catholic faith - which is neither blind nor unquestioning, but something he thinks deeply about, has studied and debated, and is a source of strength and comfort to him - with the institutionalised homophobia of the Church hierarchy. It's funny and moving, and beautifully told.

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