{"product_id":"2940185604397","title":"Beyond Worship: Meditations on Queer Worship, Liturgy, \u0026 Theology","description":"Beyond Worship started as a digital zine published Fort Washington Collegiate Church's website with only a few contributors. Under the direction of Minister James Admans (they\/them) and funded by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, the zine Beyond Worship sought to collect any written material by LGBTQIA+ authors that could be shared in a worship space. The goal was to not only demonstrate that LGBTQIA+ members of the church are accepted, but part of the community and have something to contribute.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Publisher Lori Perkins, a member of Fort Washington, read the zine, she was immediately inspired to expand upon the idea of belonging in a community not just to LGBTQIA+ members of Fort Washington, but any LGBTQIA+ person struggling to find a sense of belonging in a community that they can call home and wanting, but struggling, to find their relationship with a higher purpose.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeyond Worship seeks to show LGBTQIA+ people that they are divine, here for a reason, and have so much to contribute to their communities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether a poem, a short story, a psalm, a meditative guide, or an academic paper, each LGBTQIA+ author in this anthology explores what it means to find community and love in a society that tells them they are undeserving of both. From all over the world and from a variety of faith traditions, each author's piece shows readers different ways of being in a world worth experiencing.","brand":"Riverdale Avenue Books LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46531631939825,"sku":"2940185604397","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/2940185604397_p0.jpg?v=1771071375","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940185604397","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}