“The Tables Are Turning”: The Evangelical Defense of Anti-LGBTQ+ Religious Liberty

IF 2.4 1区哲学 0 RELIGION

Sociology of Religion Pub Date : 2023-04-25 DOI:10.1093/socrel/srad007

Amy D. McDowell, P. Ward

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Abstract

This article extends research on how dominant groups use the rhetoric of marginality to defend and reinforce their control of the public sphere. We conducted interviews with evangelical churchgoers in Mississippi to understand the evangelical support for religious accommodations that privilege conservative Christian beliefs about sex, gender, and marriage. We found that rather than cite scripture about homosexuality or Godly marriage, churchgoers instead told stories about Christian maltreatment and censorship to defend the idea that LGBTQ+ individuals should stay in the closet or find alternatives to the people and places that will refuse service to them. Our findings shed critical light on how evangelical churchgoers accommodate Christian nationalism—or the ideological movement to put Christians back in charge of America—in a context where conservative Christians already enjoy unmatched social and political advantages.

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“形势正在转变”：反LGBTQ+宗教自由的福音派辩护

本文扩展了对占主导地位的群体如何使用边缘化修辞来捍卫和加强他们对公共领域的控制的研究。我们对密西西比州的福音派教徒进行了采访，以了解福音派对宗教宽容的支持，这些宽容使保守的基督教信仰在性、性别和婚姻方面享有特权。我们发现，去教堂的人没有引用关于同性恋或神圣婚姻的经文，而是讲述了基督教虐待和审查制度的故事，以捍卫LGBTQ+个人应该待在壁橱里，或者为拒绝为他们服务的人和地方寻找替代品的想法。我们的研究结果揭示了福音派教徒如何在保守派基督徒已经享有无与伦比的社会和政治优势的背景下，适应基督教民族主义——或让基督徒重新掌控美国的意识形态运动。

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Sociology of Religion Multiple-

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7.50

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6.50%

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