Sexuality and Religious Commitment Revisited: Exploring the Religious Commitments of Sexual Minorities, 1991-2014
Research on the religious commitments of sexual minorities has burgeoned over the last two decades, yet most studies come from small convenience samples of people actively engaged in religious groups. This study provides an empirical examination of the religiosity of people who report having had sam...
| Published in: | Journal for the scientific study of religion |
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| Subtitles: | Forum: Religion, Sexuality, and Lgbtq People |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2016]
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| In: |
Journal for the scientific study of religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ LGBT
/ Sexuality
/ Religious commitment
/ History 1991-2014
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion NCF Sexual ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Bisexual
B Sexuality B Lesbian B Religiosity B Gay |
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| Summary: | Research on the religious commitments of sexual minorities has burgeoned over the last two decades, yet most studies come from small convenience samples of people actively engaged in religious groups. This study provides an empirical examination of the religiosity of people who report having had same-sex relations in the last five years using respondents from the General Social Survey (1991-2014) and provides a comparison to respondents from 2008 to 2014 who report their sexual identification as bisexual, gay, or lesbian. All comparisons are made by gender, and compared with male and female heterosexuals. The relationship between behavioral sexuality and religiosity is examined across time periods, distinguishing respondents from 1991 to 2002 from respondents interviewed in 2004-2014. Religious factors examined include religious identification, religious participation, prayer frequency, beliefs about the Bible, beliefs about God, and belief in an afterlife. Multivariate models are estimated to examine whether sociodemographic factors contribute to differences across the gender/sexuality groups. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-5906 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/jssr.12300 |