LGBTQ religious activism : rethinking identity, faith, and social change / edited by Jonathan S. Coley, Golshan Golriz

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Coley, Jonathan S., editor.

Golriz, Golshan, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

LGBT activism--Religious aspects.

LGBT activism.

Social movements--Religious aspects.

Social movements.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2026]

Summary:

"Despite the LGBTQ movement’s rapid growth and significant policy successes over the past few decades, many mainstream religions continue to discriminate against queer communities. In response, LGBTQ people have mobilized across a wide range of religious traditions, advocating for church leaders to ordain LGBTQ clergy, accept LGBTQ people as members, officiate same-sex weddings, and affirm the dignity and worth of transgender and nonbinary people. Bringing together leading scholars of social movements, religion, and gender and sexuality in one volume, Jonathan S. Coley and Golshan Golriz have curated a comprehensive look at religiously affiliated social movements within many faiths, charting everything from why and how LGBTQ people engage in activism to the outcomes of their efforts"-- JSTOR

Contents:

Faithfully queer, pathways to occupational activism within nonaffirming religious traditions in the United States / Jonathan S. Coley and Joseph Anthony

Seeking “dignity,” state variations in Catholic LGBTQ+ organizational activism, 1973–2009 / Melinda D. Kane, Leya Essex, and Michelle Voyles

From sacred rites to sacred rights, how religious LGBTQ+ organizations work for religious change / Stephen Ellingson

I want to be a force for change, LGBTQ+-affirming United Methodists working to transform their denomination / Nancy L. Malcom and A. J. Ramirez

The cultural dimensions of LGBTQ Muslim activism / Shanon Shah

Resisting racism, QTN Muslim activism in Toronto, Canada / Golshan Golriz

Living in the tension, what it means to be LGBTQ+ and allied conservative Protestants / Dawne Moon and Theresa W. Tobin

The Orthodox Jewish LGBT movement in Israel, the potential and pitfalls of political moderation / Orit Avishai

Evidence of LGBTQ+ inclusion in America’s largest church, a social movements perspective on successes in Catholic institutions / James Cavendish

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 17, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: LGBTQ religious activism

ISBN:

9781469692968

1469692961

9781469692937

1469692937

9781469692944

1469692945

OCLC:

1591603386

Publisher Number:

CIPO000379780

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license