From Sodomy to Sympathy: LDS Elites' Discursive Construction of Homosexuality Over Time

In this article, we examine how leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) discursively constructed homosexuality over the last 50 years. Based on textual analysis of LDS talks, magazines, and other publications, we analyze how LDS elites, responding to shifting historical, cul...

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Authors: Cragun, Ryan T. (Author) ; Sumerau, J. E. (Author)
Contributors: Williams, Emily (Other)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2015]
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 54, Issue: 2, Pages: 291-310
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Mormon Church / Elite / Discourse / Homosexuality / LGBT / History 1954-2013
RelBib Classification:CH Christianity and Society
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBQ North America
KDH Christian sects
NCF Sexual ethics
Further subjects:B religion and sexuality
B religious elites
B Homosexuality
B social inequalities
B discursive work
B Mormonism
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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