Forming Identities of Their Own: Gay Men Reconciling Self-love, Hurt, and the Impact of the Pentecostal Church

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JOURNAL OF RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY IN SOCIAL WORK Pub Date : 2023-07-02 DOI:10.1080/15426432.2023.2229768

Tayon R. Swafford, Richard A. Brandon-Friedman, Anthony M. Ungaro

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Abstract

ABSTRACT According to data analyzed from the Gallup Daily Tracking Politics and Economy survey between 2015 and 2017, nearly half (46.7%) of LGBT adults in the U.S. are religious, and just over half (53.3%) of LGBT adults are not religious. The majority who identified as religious attend Protestant churches. The Pentecostal church is a member of the Protestant Christian tradition. In a Constructivist Grounded Theory study of six U.S. gay male, Pentecostal Christians, our study excavates and chronicles their journey toward wholeness. Three major themes emerged from our study: embracing the journey, belonging to a community, and living unapologetically. From these themes, we learned that wholeness becomes possible when gay male Christians can form identities that are uniquely and holistically their own. We used these themes as a clarion call for clinicians who engage with clients encountering a conflict between their religious/spiritual tradition and their sexual orientation to actively assist their clients with reducing the dissonance they experience.

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形成他们自己的身份:男同性恋者调和自爱、伤害和五旬节教会的影响

根据盖洛普2015年至2017年每日政治与经济追踪调查的数据分析，美国近一半(46.7%)的LGBT成年人有宗教信仰，略多于一半(53.3%)的LGBT成年人没有宗教信仰。大多数信教的人参加新教教堂。五旬节派教会是基督教新教传统的一个成员。在对6位美国男同性恋者的建构主义扎根理论研究中，我们的研究挖掘并记录了他们走向完整的旅程。从我们的研究中出现了三个主要主题:拥抱旅程，属于一个社区，毫无歉意地生活。从这些主题中，我们了解到，当男同性恋基督徒能够形成独特的整体身份时，整体性就成为可能。我们用这些主题作为一个号角，呼吁临床医生积极帮助他们的客户减少他们所经历的不和谐，因为他们遇到了他们的宗教/精神传统和他们的性取向之间的冲突。

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期刊介绍： In the Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought, scholars, researchers, and practitioners examine issues of social justice and religion as they relate to the development of policy and delivery of social services. In addition to timely literature reviews, the journal presents up-to-date, in-depth, expert information on: sectarian and nonsectarian approaches to spirituality and ethics; justice and peace; philosophically oriented aspects of religion in the social services; conceptual frameworks; the philosophy of social work; and a great deal more.