My Friend is Gay, But… The Effects of Social Contact on Christian Evangelicals' Beliefs About Gays and Lesbians

This paper examines the relationship between social contact with gays and lesbians and beliefs about homosexuality, and explicitly investigates whether this relationship is different for Christian evangelicals than for others. We find that although social contact with gays and lesbians is related to...

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Main Author: Baker, Ashley A. (Author)
Contributors: Brauner-Otto, Sarah R. (Other)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publications [2015]
In: Review of religious research
Year: 2015, Volume: 57, Issue: 2, Pages: 239-268
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Evangelical movement / Homosexuality / Social contact / Acceptance
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
KDG Free church
NCF Sexual ethics
Further subjects:B Christians
B Homosexuality
B Evangelical
B Social contact
B Gay and lesbian
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