Between a man and a woman? why conservatives oppose same-sex marriage / Ludger H. Viefhues-Bailey.
| Author/creator | Viefhues-Bailey, Ludger H., 1965- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Columbia University Press, |
| Description | xiii, 176 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Gender, theory, and religion Gender, theory, and religion. ^A586285 |
| Contents | 1. Introduction : Who are the conservative Christians, and why the focus on Focus on the Family? ; Connection to previous research ; Structure of the book ; Theoretical considerations and methodological consequences -- 2. Religious interests between Bible and politics : Love between gays or lesbians is wrong, because the Bible tells me so? ; A confluence of forces: religion and politics -- 3. America and the state of respectable Christian romance : Same-sex couples and the moral and spiritual stamina of the nation ; Theologies of Christian marriage ; American (Christian) marriage: a history of change ; Protecting the body politic: a political analysis ; Conclusion: Religion, respectability, and the great American wedding -- 4. Same-sex love and the impossibility of Christian femininity and masculinity : Gays and feminists: from logic to rhetoric ; Christian masculinity as crisis ; Submission and the crisis of Christian womanhood ; Complicated flows of power in ordinary family life -- 5. A political and sexual theology of crisis : Beyond functionalism ; Struggling for the Christian life ; A political and sexual theology of crisis. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2010009995 |
| ISBN | 9780231156202 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0231156200 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780231521017 (ebook) |
| ISBN | 0231521014 (ebook) |
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