The antigay agenda : orthodox vision and the Christian right / / Didi Herman

• Autore: Herman Didi
• Pubblicazione: Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , 1997
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 pages)
• Disciplina: 261.8/35766/0973
• Soggetto topico: Conservatism - Religious aspects - Christianity; Fundamentalism - History - 20th century; Homosexuality - Religious aspects - Christianity
• Soggetto non controllato: christian right, politics, platform, homosexuality, agenda, rhetoric, antigay, sexuality, moral majority, religion, faith, doctrine, scripture, nonfiction, christianity, history, conservative, protestant, fundamentalism, discourse, sin, righteousness, undeserving, feminism, women, gender, immigrants, gay rights, colorado, backlash, reconstruction, restoration, regulation
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-236) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Devil Discourse and the Shifting Construction of Homosexuality in Christianity Today -- 3. Representing Homosexuality and Its Agenda -- 4. No Lesbians, Gay Lesbians, Feminist Lesbians -- 5. (Il)legitimate Minorities. The Construction of Rights- (Un)deserving Subjects -- 6. The Christian Right versus Gay Rights in Colorado, 1992-1996 -- 7. Regulation, Restoration, Reconstruction Conservative Christianity and the State -- Afterword: Thoughts on Backlash and Utopia -- Notes -- References -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In The Antigay Agenda, Didi Herman probes the values, beliefs, and rhetoric of the organizations of the Christian Right. Tracing the emergence of their antigay agenda, Herman explores how and why these groups made antigay activity a top priority, and how it relates to their political history. "A penetrating analysis of the Christian Right's antigay agenda and of how that agenda is derived from the Christian Right's peculiar vision of American history and the Christian faith."-Rev. Peter J. Gomes, Boston Book Review "Public intellectualism at its best. . . . A comprehensive summary of the conservative Protestant worldview."-Michael Joseph Gross, Boston Phoenix Literary Section "Presents considerable information not previously part of the nation's political discourse. . . . [Herman] dissects the Christian Right's antigay stance dispassionately giving, as it were, the devil his due. For anyone on either side of this passionate and important conflict, that is an impressive accomplishment."-Hastings Wyman, Jr., Washington Post Book World
• Titolo autorizzato: The antigay agenda
• ISBN: 9786611223588; 1-281-22358-1; 0-226-32769-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778714503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II