By Phillip Cary
Denny Burk and Rosaria Butterfield have identified theological grounds for their criticism of the upcoming Revoice conference and the Spiritual Friendship movement, which aim to use samesex desires for good purposes. Burk and Butterfield describe this as a project of sublimating rather than mortifying sinful desires, owing more to Freud than to St. Paul, and they challenge the gay and lesbian Christians in the movement to repent of their desires rather than to try using them for good. It may be, however, that the Augustinian roots of this criticism count more in favor of the Spiritual Friendship movement than against it.
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