From Sodomy to Sympathy: LDS Elites' Discursive Construction of Homosexuality Over Time
In this article, we examine how leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) discursively constructed homosexuality over the last 50 years. Based on textual analysis of LDS talks, magazines, and other publications, we analyze how LDS elites, responding to shifting historical, cul...
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2015]
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Journal for the scientific study of religion
Έτος: 2015, Τόμος: 54, Τεύχος: 2, Σελίδες: 291-310 |
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USA
/ Mormonen
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/ Λόγος
/ Ομοφυλοφιλία (μοτίβο)
/ ΛΟΑΤ
/ Ιστορία (μοτίβο) 1954-2013
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| Σημειογραφίες IxTheo: | CH Χριστιανισμός και Κοινωνία KAJ Εκκλησιαστική Ιστορία 1914-, Σύγχρονη Εποχή KBQ Βόρεια Αμερική KDH Χριστιανικές Αιρέσεις NCF Σεξουαλική Ηθική |
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religion and sexuality
B religious elites B Homosexuality B social inequalities B discursive work B Mormonism |
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| Σύνοψη: | In this article, we examine how leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) discursively constructed homosexuality over the last 50 years. Based on textual analysis of LDS talks, magazines, and other publications, we analyze how LDS elites, responding to shifting historical, cultural, and religious interpretations of sexualities, discursively constructed homosexuality as problematic for (1) society from the 1950s to the 1990s, (2) the family from the 1970s to present, and (3) divinely inspired gender roles from the 1980s to present. Further, we show how LDS elites softened their rhetoric in the 1990s, and in so doing, established a new discursive construction of homosexuality as an ailment requiring sympathetic treatment. Throughout our analysis, we also examine how LDS elites accomplished such discursive work in response to shifting societal and religious attitudes concerning sexual minorities. In conclusion, we draw out implications for understanding how religious elites discursively construct sexual norms, the reciprocal relationship between sexual and religious discourse and advocacy, and the importance of examining how dominant religious discourses change over time. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-5906 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/jssr.12180 |