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Reforming Sodom : Protestants and the Rise of Gay Rights by Heather R. White (2015, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherUniversity of North Carolina Press

ISBN-101469624117

ISBN-139781469624112

eBay Product ID (ePID)211313955

Product Key Features

Book TitleReforming Sodom : Protestants and the Rise of Gay Rights

Number of Pages260 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicChristianity / Protestant, Lgbt Studies / General, Sexuality & Gender Studies, Christian Life / Social Issues, Lgbt Studies / Gay Studies

Publication Year2015

IllustratorYes

GenreReligion, Social Science

AuthorHeather R. White

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight13 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2015-006186

ReviewsOriginal and important scholarship that should be required reading for anyone interested in the intersections between sexuality and religion.-- American Historical Review, Reforming Sodom contributes tremendously to LGBTQ histories, which consistently downplay the importance of religion, and to histories of religion, which have only recently begun to take seriously the histories of sexuality in general, and LGBTQ sexuality in particular.-- Religious Studies Review, White's book offers tremendous potential for reimagining the relationship between religion and sexuality in modern-day America. Perhaps that too can help us confront the challenges that face us still.-- Reviews in American History, Members of mainline churches owe White a debt of gratitude for showing that 'a liberal Protestant legacy has shaped all sides of the oppositional policy over gay rights.'--Lauren Winner, The Christian Century, Describes how liberal Protestantism in mid-twentieth century American tried to contribute to a therapeutic perspective on same sex-behavior and identity.-- Journal of American History, Explores the complicated interaction between American Protestantism and the homophile movement.-- Sociology of Religion, Well researched and well crafted....A must read for understanding how a lot of change happened in a relatively short time.-- Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual, Opens up questions too long overlooked by historians of both sexuality and religion. . . . and rightly points to the rise in the 1970s of the predominantly gay Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) movement as evidence that we can no longer assume that the histories of gay people and religion diverged when the former began to come out of the closet.-- Journal of Church and State, An eminently accessible book and should be required reading for historians of sexuality.-- Journal of the History of Sexuality, Provide[s] rigorous historical scholarship that illuminate[s] why the image of gays against religion has persisted, but also, and importantly, what that image overlooks about the role of religion within twentieth century gay politics.-- Religious Studies Review, [An] original, well-written volume. . . . Fearlessly joins the conversation about the intersection of religion and sexuality.-- Choice, White's history is a valuable supplement to what she reveals as an incomplete picture of American Christianity's not-so-distant past. Strong in methodology and research, accessibly and intelligently written, Reforming Sodom is a necessary and vital work.-- Church History

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal261.8/357660973

SynopsisWith a focus on mainline Protestants and gay rights activists in the twentieth century, Heather R. White challenges the usual picture of perennial adversaries with a new narrative about America's religious and sexual past. White argues that today's antigay Christian traditions originated in the 1920s when a group of liberal Protestants began to incorporate psychiatry and psychotherapy into Christian teaching. A new therapeutic orthodoxy, influenced by modern medicine, celebrated heterosexuality as God-given and advocated a compassionate "cure" for homosexuality. White traces the unanticipated consequences as the therapeutic model, gaining popularity after World War II, spurred mainline church leaders to take a critical stance toward rampant antihomosexual discrimination. By the 1960s, a vanguard of clergy began to advocate for homosexual rights. White highlights the continued importance of this religious support to the consolidating gay and lesbian movement. However, the ultimate irony of the therapeutic orthodoxy's legacy was its adoption, beginning in the 1970s, by the Christian Right, which embraced it as an age-old tradition to which Americans should return. On a broader level, White challenges the assumed secularization narrative in LGBT progress by recovering the forgotten history of liberal Protestants' role on both sides of the debates over orthodoxy and sexual identity., With a focus on mainline Protestants and gay rights activists in the twentieth century, Heather R. White challenges the usual picture of perennial adversaries with a new narrative about America's religious and sexual past. White argues that today's antigay Christian traditions originated in the 1920s when a group of liberal Protestants began to incorporate psychiatry and psychotherapy into Christian teaching. A new therapeutic orthodoxy, influenced by modern medicine, celebrated heterosexuality as God-given and advocated a compassionate "cure" for homosexuality.White traces the unanticipated consequences as the therapeutic model, gaining popularity after World War II, spurred mainline church leaders to take a critical stance toward rampant antihomosexual discrimination. By the 1960s, a vanguard of clergy began to advocate for homosexual rights. White highlights the continued importance of this religious support to the consolidating gay and lesbian movement. However, the ultimate irony of the therapeutic orthodoxy's legacy was its adoption, beginning in the 1970s, by the Christian Right, which embraced it as an age-old tradition to which Americans should return. On a broader level, White challenges the assumed secularization narrative in LGBT progress by recovering the forgotten history of liberal Protestants' role on both sides of the debates over orthodoxy and sexual identity., With a focus on mainline Protestants and gay rights activists in the twentieth century, Heather R. White challenges the usual picture of perennial adversaries with a new narrative about America's religious and sexual past. White argues that today's antigay Christian traditions originated in the 1920s when a group of liberal Protestants began to incorporate psychiatry and psychotherapy into Christian teaching.

LC Classification NumberBR115.H6W446 2015