Public discourses about homosexuality and religion in Europe and beyond

Public discourses about homosexuality and religion in Europe and beyond / Marco Derks, Mariecke van den Berg, editors.

This volume addresses three things many people do not discuss candidly with strangers or mere acquaintances: God, sex, and politics. These can easily become topics of fierce debate, particularly when taken together, as has been the case with same-sex marriage legislation, the Vatican's criticis...

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Other Authors: Derks, Marco (Editor), Berg, Mariecke van den (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]
Subjects:
Homosexuality > Religious aspects.
Homosexuality > Public opinion.
Homosexuality > Europe.
Religion & politics.
Religion & beliefs.
Religious issues & debates.
Religion > Religion, Politics & State.
Social Science > Sociology of Religion.
Religion > Sexuality & Gender Studies.
Homosexuality
Homosexuality > Public opinion
Homosexuality > Religious aspects
Europe
Cross-cultural studies
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Notes on Contributors
  • List of Figures
  • 1 Public Discourses About Homosexuality and Religion in Europe and Beyond: An Introduction
  • References
  • 2 Hellish Evil, Heavenly Love: A Long-Term History of Same-Sex Sexuality and Religion in the Netherlands
  • The Will to Know
  • Decriminalization
  • Recriminalization, and Emancipation
  • "God Knows"
  • "Great Sin, but Human, All Too Human"
  • "Mental Rehabilitation"
  • Pastors and the Homosexual Neighbor
  • "Do Not Judge, but Be Outraged"
  • Incorporation
  • Homosexuality as a Confessional Issue
  • "Either Gay, or a Christian"
  • Equal Rites Before the Law
  • Given Versus Choice
  • Still Others
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 3 Sexuality, Religion, and Education: (Re)Production of Culturalist Discourse in Sexual Diversity Education in the Netherlands
  • Introduction
  • Dutch Political Investments in Sexual Diversity
  • The Politics of Sexual Diversity Education
  • Discourse and Reproduction in Sexual Diversity Education
  • Discourse of Sexual Diversity Education: Six Sources
  • Public Sexuality, Isolated Sexuality
  • Race, Culture, and Sexuality
  • Towards Antiracist and Inclusive Sexual Diversity Education
  • References
  • 4 A Postprogressive Nation: Homophobia, Islam, and the New Social Question in the Netherlands
  • A Postprogressive Nation
  • Social Democracy and the "New Social Question"
  • Civil Islam: Sexuality and Liberal Muslims
  • Lifting the Taboo on Homosexuality
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 5 Culture Wars About Sexuality: A Theological Proposal for Dialogue
  • Introduction
  • Stories About (Late) Modernity
  • Interrelatedness of Both Groups
  • Late-Modern Orthodox Christians
  • "Emancipatory Liberals" Nourished by the Christian Past
  • A Dialogue for Mutual Benefit
  • What "Orthodox Christians" Can Learn from "Emancipatory Liberals"
  • What "Emancipatory Liberals" Can Learn from "Orthodox Christians"
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 6 Queering Judaism and Masculinist Inventions: German Homonationalism Around 1900
  • Genealogies of Contemporary Discursive Struggles
  • The Male Gender Crisis and the Protestant Moral Purity Movement
  • "Third Sex" Versus Masculinism: The Inner Division in the Discourse on Homosexuality
  • Excursus: Jews and Judaism as Models of the Other in Colonial Discourse
  • Hans Blüher: Male Band Versus "Jewish Decadence"
  • Male Band (Männerbund) as a Colonial Transfer
  • Erotics of State and "Race"
  • The Sacralization of the Male Society as Nucleus of a New Religion
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 7 Antisemitism and Homophobia in Polish Liberal Discourses: The Cultural Logic of Comparison and a Proposal for Intersectionality
  • Introduction
  • Analogies: Parallels and Bridges, Strategies and Problems
  • Polish "Liberal" Framing of the Analogy
  • Downplaying
  • "False Friends"
  • Fixation

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