![]() ![]() However, it's well written and informative for an outsider. ![]() ![]() At moments for me it felt longer than necessary. This is not an easy read, sometimes the book takes the shape of a non-fictional essay about church politics in the context of a university campus. It shows what they have in common and mostly what they disagree with and how their own religions' teaching of loving each other usually develops into bigotry and intolerance. The story gives an interesting insight into the core of beliefs of the different Christian churches such as Roman Catholic, Anglican, Evangelical, among others. The other is the personal struggle of Lydia who wants to be accepted as both a Christian and a lesbian by her church and her family and friends. One is the relationship - often more political than religious - between different Christian churches in university life. As a practising Christian, can she still feel welcome in her church if she comes out as a lesbian? Lydia is as an Evangelical Christian struggling with her own sexuality. ![]() 'Speak its name' follow a couple of years in the campus life of Lydia, an English undergraduate student at the fictional University of Stancester in England. ![]()
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