Faith, politics, and sexual diversity in Canada and the United States / edited by David Rayside and Clyde Wilcox.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Rayside, David Morton, 1947-
• Wilcox, Clyde, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Gay rights--Canada--Religious aspects.
• Gay rights--United States--Religious aspects.
• Same-sex marriage--Canada--Religious aspects.
• Same-sex marriage--United States--Religious aspects.
• Gay rights--Canada--Public opinion.
• Gay rights--United States--Public opinion.
• Homosexuality--Religious aspects.
• Public opinion--Canada.
• Public opinion--United States.
• LGBTQ+ civil rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (480 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While acknowledging differences between Canada and the United States in their political responses to religion and sexual diversity, this volume moves beyond stereotypes to pose larger questions and reveal surprising changes at the intersection of faith-based and LGBT rights claims.

Contents:

• The difference that a border makes : the political intersection of sexuality and religion in Canada and the United States / David Rayside and Clyde Wilcox
• Culture war? : A closer look at the role of religion, denomination, and religiosity in US public opinion on multiple sexualities / Shauna L. Shames, Didi Kuo, and Katherine Levine
• A twenty-year survey of Canadian attitudes towards homosexuality and gay rights / Amy Langstaff
• "Civility without compromise" : Evangelical attitudes towards same-sex issues in comparative context / Samuel Reimer
• The pro-family movement in Canada and the United States : institutional histories and barriers to diffusion / Tina Fetner and Carrie B. Sanders
• Evangelicals, the Christian right, and gay and lesbian rights in the United States : simple and complex stories / Clyde Wilcox and Rentaro Iida
• Liberal, with conservative vibrations : African-American Protestants and the struggle over legal rights for gay and lesbian couples / Robert P. Jones and Daniel Cox
• Canadian Evangelicals and same-sex marriage / Jonathan Malloy
• It's all about sex : the roots of opposition to gay and lexbian marriages in some Christian churches / Pamela Dickey Young
• Focusing, framing, and discerning : the United Church of Canada and the same-sex marriage debate / Roger Hutchinson
• American mainline Protestantism and deliberation about homosexuality / Laura R. Olson, Paul A. Djupe, and Wendy Cadge
• Catholocism, homosexuality, and same-sex marriage in the United States / Ted G. Jelen
• Roman Catholics and same-sex marriage in Quebec / Solange Lefebvre and Jean-Francıois Breton
• Paths from emancipation : American Jews and same-sex marriage / Kenneth D. Wald
• Muslims and sexual diversity in North America / Momin Rahman and Amir Hussain
• The Conservative party of Canada and its religious constituencies / David Rayside
• The politics of marriage and American party politics : evidence from the 2004 US election / John C. Green
• The supreme court of Canada's attempt to reconcile freedom of religion and sexual orientation equality in the public schools / Richard Moon
• Law, sexuality, and morality in the United States / Jason Pierceson
• Cross-border parallels at the political intersection of sexuality and religion / David Rayside.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [406]-443) and index.

ISBN:

• 1-283-05439-6
• 9786613054395
• 0-7748-2011-X

OCLC:

923448035