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Dawne Moon and Theresa Tobin are back to discuss their book Choosing Love, which represents the culmination of their research over the last several years into the community of conservative LGBTQ+ Christians. This book expands on many of the topics we covered in our first conversation while adding insightful material on the varied ways this community understands their conservative Christian identity, how it intersects with other aspects of their identities, how they understand and practice love, the relationships between love, justice, politics, theology, and activism, and much more.

Some topics we cover in this conversation include:

• The concept of "sacramental shame" which names how LGBTQ+ Christians must perform shame about their identity to be accepted in religious communities
• How straight, cis Christians often fail to understand the weight of asking queer people to be celibate or suppress their sexuality
• The tensions within LGBTQ+ Christian advocacy organizations around intersectionality and strategic approaches
• What it means to be "conservative" in these communities
• Balancing activist ideals with the reality of theological convictions
• The socially constructed nature of Christian ideals about gender and sexuality
• The importance of humility in faith conversations and how it is modeled in this community
• The connection between love and justice in movements for social change and inclusion

Theresa and Dawne have done important and original work that has much to teach both conservative Christians and liberal secularists about this overlooked but important community.

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