What’s love got to do with it? : how a non-monogamous individual’s sexual expression impacts their experiences of and/or perceptions of the Christian faith and Christian faith communities in a North American perspective

Abstract

“What’s Love Got To Do With It? How a non-monogamous individual’s sexual expression impacts their experience of and/or perceptions of the Christian faith and Christian faith communities in a North America perspective” is a research project by Patrick Woodbeck, submitted December 9, 2016, in partial fulfillment of the Master of Divinity degree at the Atlantic School of Theology in Halifax, Nova Scotia. This study explores the experiences and/or perceptions of individuals who self-declare as nonmonogamous, and the Christian faith and Christian faith communities. Included is a review of literature which examines issues of monogamy and non-monogamy. Using Grounded Theory, this project endeavours to build a theory which might be used by Christian faith communities to formulate a pastoral response from these communities towards the non-monogamous community.