Heavenly Homos Etc

<p>Saints and heroes of the LGBTQ community come alive through bold artwork in Heavenly Homos Etc by Dutch priest Jan Haen. He paints diverse people of faith courage and love who can inspire readers with new models of queer holiness. The clear concise style packs a whole pantheon of saints into a single user-friendly volume. </p><p><br></p><p>Dozens of saints and historical figures from all over the world are presented including popular favorites such as Sebastian David and Jonathan Joan of Arc Sergius and Bacchus Harvey Milk and Matthew Shepard. Less famous but richly deserving people are also canonized by Haen's paintbrush. </p><p><br></p><p>Short accessible text lets the pictures tell their stories. The book's deceptively simple style conveys sophisticated understandings of sexual orientation and queer Biblical scholarship. Large colorful illustrations on every page present a fresh unsentimental perspective on saints and other uplifting people. Intended for adults the book naturally includes the occasional nudity that is needed to tell the history.</p><p><br></p><p>Queer saints danced in my soul when I read 'Heavenly Homos Etc.' Let the heavenly homos encourage you by revealing their place in human history and in God's creation.</p><p>-Kittredge Cherry publisher of Qspirit.net author of <em>Art That Dares </em>and<em> The Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision</em></p><p><br></p><p>Jan Haen is a Dutch visual artist and Redemptorist priest who has ministered in the Netherlands and South Africa. He painted murals in schools churches and public places in Africa and across Europe. Haen is an active member of the Werkverband van Katholieke Homo-Pastores an association of gay Catholic pastoral leaders.</p>