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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©2022.Description: xi, 347 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780820361604
  • 0820361607
  • 9780820361598
  • 0820361593
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378.1/982660975727 23/eng/20220223
LOC classification:
  • LD457 .B58 2022
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.
Summary: Bob Jones University is a Christian, fundamentalist, nondenominational liberal arts school in Greenville, South Carolina. It 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. This book 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.--Adapted from publisher info.
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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.

Bob Jones University is a Christian, fundamentalist, nondenominational liberal arts school in Greenville, South Carolina. It 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. This book 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.--Adapted from publisher info.

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