LEADER 03420nam 2200565 450 001 9910818418903321 005 20230803201941.0 010 $a1-4384-5113-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000089633 035 $a(EBL)3408849 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001134738 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11666198 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001134738 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11184384 035 $a(PQKB)10618468 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3408849 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3408849 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10838925 035 $a(OCoLC)872147501 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000089633 100 $a20140228h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSlouching towards gaytheism $echristianity and queer survival in America /$fW. C. Harris 210 1$aAlbany, New York :$cSUNY Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (279 p.) 225 0$aSUNY series in queer politics and cultures 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4384-5111-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Where Gays Lie -- 1. "The End of the Rainbow, My Pot of Gold": The Queer Erotics of Purity Balls and Christian Abstinence Culture -- 2. Breeding Fraternities: Ex-Gay Ministries, Barebacking, and Alternative Models of Relation -- 3. Jesus Needs Gays, Yes He Does: Gay Religion, Queer Spirituality, and the Recalcitrance of Ideology -- 4. Slouching towards Gaytheism: Gay Suicide, "It Gets Better," and Religion's Stranglehold on Queer Survival -- Conclusion: Before the Cock Crows -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index. 330 $aSlouching towards Gaytheism brings together two intellectual traditions--the New Atheism and queer theory--and moves beyond them to offer a new voice for gay Americans and atheists alike. Examining the continued vehemence of homophobia in cultural and political debate regarding queer equality, this unabashed polemic insists that the needs met by religion might be met--more safely and less toxically--by forms of community that do not harass and malign gay and lesbian Americans or impede collective social progress. Argues that compromises with traditional religion, no matter how enlightened or well intentioned, will ultimately leave heteronormativity alive and well. He explores a range of recent movements, such as Dan Savage's "It Gets Better" project, reparative "ex-gay" therapy, Christian purity culture, and attempts by liberal Christians to reconcile religion with homosexuality, and shows how these proposed solutions are either inadequate or positively dangerous. According to the author, the time has come for "gaytheism": leaving religion behind in order to preserve queer dignity, rights, and lives. 410 0$aSUNY Series in Queer Politics and Cultures 606 $aHomosexuality$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 606 $aHomosexuality$zUnited States 615 0$aHomosexuality$xReligious aspects$xChristianity. 615 0$aHomosexuality 676 $a241/.664 700 $aHarris$b W. C$g(William Conley)$01671702 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818418903321 996 $aSlouching towards gaytheism$94123265 997 $aUNINA