LEADER 04165nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910791661603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-231-52101-4 024 7 $a10.7312/vief15620 035 $a(CKB)2560000000054051 035 $a(EBL)908256 035 $a(OCoLC)826476683 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000482976 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11341258 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000482976 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10527027 035 $a(PQKB)11647764 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC908256 035 $a(DE-B1597)459413 035 $a(OCoLC)670184455 035 $a(OCoLC)979575025 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231521017 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL908256 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10410234 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL622113 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000054051 100 $a20100312d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBetween a man and a woman?$b[electronic resource] $ewhy conservatives oppose same-sex marriage /$fLudger H. Viefhues-Bailey 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (193 p.) 225 1 $aGender, theory, and religion 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-15620-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAuthor's Note -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1. INTRODUCTION -- $t2. RELIGIOUS INTERESTS BET WEEN BIBLE AND POLITICS -- $t3. AMERICA AND THE STATE OF RESPECTABLE CHRISTIAN ROMANCE -- $t4. SAME- SE X LOVE AND THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF CHRISTIAN FEMININITY AND MASCULINITY -- $t5. APOLITICAL AND SEXUAL THEOLOGY OF CRISIS -- $tNOTES -- $tBIBLIOGRAPHY -- $tINDEX 330 $aThrough a probing investigation of conservative Christianity and its response to an issue that, according to the statistics of conservative Christian groups, affects only a small number of Americans, Ludger Viefhues-Bailey alights on a profound theological conundrum: in today's conservative Christian movement, both sexes are called upon to be at once assertive and submissive, masculine and feminine, not only within the home but also within the church, society, and the state. Therefore the arguments of conservative Christians against same-sex marriage involve more than literal readings of the Bible or nostalgia for simple gender roles.Focusing primarily on texts produced by Focus on the Family, a leading media and ministry organization informing conservative Christian culture, Viefhues-Bailey identifies two distinct ideas of male homosexuality: gender-disturbed and passive; and oversexed, strongly masculine, and aggressive. These homosexualities enable a complex ideal of Christian masculinity in which men are encouraged to be assertive toward the world while also being submissive toward God and family. This web of sexual contradiction influences the flow of power between the sexes and within the state. It joins notions of sexual equality to claims of "natural" difference, establishing a fraught basis for respectable romantic marriage. Heterosexual union is then treated as emblematic of, if not essential to, the success of American political life—yet far from creating gender stability, these tensions produce an endless striving for balance. Viefhues-Bailey's final, brilliant move is to connect the desire for stability to the conservative Christian movement's strategies of political power. 410 0$aGender, theory, and religion. 606 $aSame-sex marriage$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 606 $aChristian conservatism$zUnited States 606 $aSame-sex marriage$zUnited States 615 0$aSame-sex marriage$xReligious aspects$xChristianity. 615 0$aChristian conservatism 615 0$aSame-sex marriage 676 $a261.8/35848 676 $a261.835848 700 $aViefhues-Bailey$b Ludger H.$f1965-$0846062 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791661603321 996 $aBetween a man and a woman$93744440 997 $aUNINA