Who's Afraid of Gay Theology? Men's Studies, Gay Scholars, and Heterosexual Silence
Despite the growing body of gay scholarship in religious studies, there is a dearth of responses by heterosexual scholars in the field of men's studies in religion. Gay theology can still count more predictably on the ire of a conservative public than on a nuanced, non-homophobic critique by th...
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| Формат: | Электронный ресурс Статья |
| Язык: | Английский |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
2007
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Theology & sexuality
Год: 2007, Том: 13, Выпуск: 3, Страницы: 257-274 |
| Другие ключевые слова: | B
Homosexuality
B heterosexual anxiety B Homophobia B gay theology B masculinity and religion B Men's studies |
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| Итог: | Despite the growing body of gay scholarship in religious studies, there is a dearth of responses by heterosexual scholars in the field of men's studies in religion. Gay theology can still count more predictably on the ire of a conservative public than on a nuanced, non-homophobic critique by their heterosexual colleagues. What contributes to disregarding gay scholarly voices? Paradoxically, their voices are marginalized to the point of invisibility and yet are also in the center of public discourse. This article sifts through some reasons of why heterosexual men shy away from a public debate of the merits of gay scholarship. Besides methodological reservations, heterosexual male anxieties cause such weariness. Autobiographical insertions by gay scholars combined with discipline-transgressions may lead to ‘homosexual panic’ even among non-homophobic scholars. The article argues that heterosexual men's studies in religion need to overcome their silence and engage the scholarship of gay theology. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5170 |
| Второстепенные работы: | Enthalten in: Theology & sexuality
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/1355835807078259 |