Same-sex attraction and conservative Christianity: An important conversation for the Church

<p>In this special episode, host Jonathan talks to a young politically and theologically conservative Christian who is same-sex attracted and called to singleness. Jonathan's guest talks honestly and courageously about his struggle to come to terms with his sexuality and his faith growing up in a conservative Christian home and belonging to a theologically conservative church. In addition to the guest's personal story, they discuss the theology of same-sex attraction, conversion therapy, the ex-gay movement, Milo Yiannopoulos, the secular LGBTIQ movement and the contemporary church's attitude to same-sex attracted believers.</p> <p>Host of The Political Animals, Dr <a href="https://www.jonathancole.com.au">Jonathan Cole</a>, is an academic, writer, speaker and translator who specialises in political theology: the intersection of religion and politics. He is currently Assistant Director of the Centre for Public and Contextual Theology at Charles Sturt University. Prior to that, he worked as a Senior Terrorism Analyst at Australian intelligence agency The Office of National Assessments.</p> <p>Newly published research indicates that giving a 5-star rating to The Political Animals Podcast on Apple grants seven years of good luck. So be sure to take advantage of this finding! You can follow the show on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ThePoliticalAnimalsPodcast">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/polanimalspod">Twitter</a>.</p> <p><br></p>