Reforming Sodom: Protestants and the Rise of Gay Rights
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (990 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1469624117 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 260 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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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. 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. A new therapeutic orthodoxy, influenced by modern medicine, celebrated he
Fearlessly joins the conversation about the intersection of religion and sexuality.--ChoiceDescribes 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. 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 CenturyWell 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 RitualAn original, well-written volume
. White is a visiting assistant professor in religion and queer and gender studies at the University of Puget Sound. Heather R