Christianity and Sexuality in a Secular Age
Seiten
2025
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-74813-2 (ISBN)
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-74813-2 (ISBN)
This volume rigorously analyses how contemporary Christianity through various expressions in Western societies engages with non-heterosexual issues in the context of the formidable dynamics of secularisation, exploring its decline as an agent of social control and received moral authority.
From the mid-twentieth century controversies within Christianity addressed matters of sexual diversity - same-sex marriage, sexual rights, and the place of sexual minorities within the churches. Several decades further on this volume reflects on principal developments, exposing from a sociological perspective that these issues are largely the product of rationality, individuality, community decline, state initiatives and other features of a profoundly secular age where Christianity has lost its cultural grip. This volume considers contestations through scrutinising changing theologies and expressions of liberal-conservative Christian divides by examining LGBT+ politics and churches and campaigning groups in their responses to profound social change.
From the mid-twentieth century controversies within Christianity addressed matters of sexual diversity - same-sex marriage, sexual rights, and the place of sexual minorities within the churches. Several decades further on this volume reflects on principal developments, exposing from a sociological perspective that these issues are largely the product of rationality, individuality, community decline, state initiatives and other features of a profoundly secular age where Christianity has lost its cultural grip. This volume considers contestations through scrutinising changing theologies and expressions of liberal-conservative Christian divides by examining LGBT+ politics and churches and campaigning groups in their responses to profound social change.
Stephen Hunt is a sociologist specialising in the areas of Christianity and contemporary culture, religion and sexuality, and religion and politics. His many publications include A History of the Charismatic Movement, Handbook of Contemporary Christianity and The Life Course: A Sociological Introduction.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 26.11.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Religion and the Social Order ; 30 |
| Verlagsort | Leiden |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 604 g |
| Themenwelt | Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte |
| ISBN-10 | 90-04-74813-X / 900474813X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-90-04-74813-2 / 9789004748132 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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