Gay on God's campus : mobilizing for LGBT equality at Christian colleges and universities / Jonathan S. Coley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coley, Jonathan S., author.

Contributor:

John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay college students--Political activity--United States.

Gay college students.

Christian universities and colleges--United States.

Christian universities and colleges.

Sexual minorities--Political activity.

Sexual minorities.

Christian college students.

Political participation.

United States.

Christian college students--Political activity--United States.

Student movements--United States.

Student movements.

Sexual minorities--Political activity--United States.

LGBTQ+ activism.

LGBTQ+ people.

Physical Description:

xii, 194 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2018]

Summary:

"Jonathan Coley explores the unique pathways along which students join and work within movements for LGBT inclusion at Christian institutions of higher learning across the country. Having interviewed dozens of students in LGBT advocacy groups at four conservative, religious schools of different denominations, Coley is able to use students' own words to analyze their self-conceptions and activist tactics, while shedding new light on faith-based LGBT activism on college campuses. Moreover, Coley shows that there is no single pathway to activism and, perhaps most importantly, that religion and pro-LGBT activism are not mutually exclusive categories"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The context of change

Joining an activist group

Committing to the cause

Creating change

Becoming an activist.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-183) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

9781469636214

1469636212

9781469636221

1469636220

OCLC:

987376435