Irreconcilable differences? : intellectual stalemate in the gay rights debate / Thomas C. Caramagno.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caramagno, Thomas C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay rights.

Homosexuality--Religious aspects.

Homosexuality.

Physical Description:

xiv, 237 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.

Summary:

This unique book traces the contested issues to fundamental conceptual differences within the field of religious, scientific, and political studies.

Contents:

1 The New Cold War 1

2 Group Affiliations and Post-Consensus Politics 11

Part 1 Religious and Sexual Diversity 21

3 Religious Views: Past and Present 23

4 Biblical Scholarship: Texts, Errors, and Methods 35

5 Textual Ambiguities and the Scriptures 47

6 The Theological Meaning of Sex 75

Part 2 Science and Uncertainty 95

7 The Etiology of Homosexuality: Biology and/or Culture? 97

8 Diversity within Diversity: Postmodern Sexual Identities 119

9 Define "Illness": Rival Theories of Pathology and "Ex-Gay" Ministries 141

Part 3 Politics and Sexual Diversity 163

10 Demonizing the Enemy 165

11 Gay Bashing and Social Control 179

12 Pluralism versus Dogma: Public Spaces and Private Beliefs 191.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-227) and index.

ISBN:

0275977110

0275977218

OCLC:

49248954