Slouching towards Gaytheism by W C Harris
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. W. C. Harris 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.-
The Politics of Right Sex
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Queer Pleasure Without Apology
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Unscripting the Present
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Teaching LGBTQ Politics
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From Pariah to Priority
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How Trump and the Christian Right Saved LGBTI Human Rights
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Rethinking Sexual Citizenship
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Organizing for Transgender Rights
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Intersex Matters
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Expanding the Circle
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Out of the Closet, Into the Archives
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The Disappearing L
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Why Europe Is Lesbian and Gay Friendly (and Why America Never Will Be)
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Oklahomo
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Tough Love
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Desiring Emancipation
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Masked Voices
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Resist, Organize, Build
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Doubly Erased
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Because We Are Human
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Djinn
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Sin, Sex, and Democracy
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Letters to ONE
"Harris offers a necessary, compelling, and comprehensive study about the incompatibility of queerness and religion … Highly recommended" — CHOICE
"Lively, original, and serious, this book is great fun to read. One looks forward to how Professor Harris will skewer the next foe." — Paul Robinson, author of Queer Wars: The New Gay Right and Its Critics
W. C. Harris is Professor of English at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Queer Externalities: Hazardous Encounters in American Culture, also published by SUNY Press, and E Pluribus Unum: Nineteenth-Century American Literature and the Constitutional Paradox.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781438451114 |
| ISBN 10 | 1438451113 |
| Title | Slouching towards Gaytheism |
| Author | W C Harris |
| Series | Suny Series In Queer Politics And Cultures |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | State University of New York Press |
| Year published | 2014-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 277 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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