The True Myth of Gay Jesus is Rupert Evensong’s first work of fiction.
Rupert brings a unique and fresh literary approach to the question of Jesus’ sexuality. He grounds his novella on the special bond that existed between Jesus and a close, male disciple. Despite St. John’s Gospel attesting to this unnamed “beloved disciple” of Jesus, the Christian church has never acknowledged that Jesus may have been a gay man.
In this work of speculative history literary fiction, Professor Lynda Jansen, a humble Canadian historian, publishes the contents of six newly-discovered papyri. They prove, definitively, that Jesus was in a loving same-sex relationship with his devoted follower, Lazarus. The world reacts, and everything changes… including, finally, those parts of the Christian church that still do not fully embrace LGBTQIA+ people.
This genre-bending novella gently, and yet profoundly, explores faith, history, and identity. It speaks empathetically to the heart, and intelligently to the mind. A nourishing paean to inclusion and possibility.
Moving. Engrossing. Liberating.
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