The Question is: What if Jesus knew how it feels to be queer?The surprising answers come in Jesus in Love,
a novel that re-imagines Christ’s legendary life as an erotic, mystical
adventure in first-century Palestine. Jesus has today’s queer
sensibilities and sexual sophistication as he lives out the Christian
story in this novel of spiritual and sexual awakening.The novel shows how Jesus grows over a one-year period — from his
decision to get baptized until the day he sends his friends away to
teach others. The compassionate, nature-loving Jesus finds ways to
embody male and female as he does humanity and divinity. Ultimately he
leads disciples of both sexes beyond ordinary human consciousness to a
place where sexuality and spirituality are one.Jesus in Love is a lovely, gentle, playful book. It sparkles with erotic christic
power, which we might read as an image of Jesus'' own sexual energies.
Kitt Cherry continues to write with passion as she draws creatively and
faithfully from deep wellsprings of imagination.Maybe, many people will misunderstand this book--especially those who refuse
to read it. It is a contemporary and creative work of fiction rooted in
a sensibility of the search for holiness. And through this novel, we can imagining a Jesus who really lived, laughed and loved.About the Author Kittredge Cherry is a
lesbian Christian
author whose ministry put her on the cutting edge of the international
debate on sexuality and spirituality. She offers spiritual resources
through JesusInLove.org., the first website devoted to the queer
Christ.
Cherry was ordained by Metropolitan Community Churches and served as
clergy in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community for
seven years until health issues forced her into a more contemplative
life. One of her primary duties was promoting dialogue on
homosexuality at the National Council of Churches (USA) and the World Council of
Churches. A native of Iowa, Cherry has degrees in journalism
and art history from the University of Iowa, and a master of divinity
degree from Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California. Her
books include HIDE AND SPEAK: A Coming Out Guide, EQUAL RITES: Lesbian
and Gay Worship, Ceremonies, and Celebrations, and WOMANSWORD.