Institutionalized Norms, Practical Organizational Activity, and Loose Coupling: Inclusive Congregations' Responses to Homosexuality
Congregations vary widely in their responses to homosexuality. Among those inclusive congregations that integrate gays and lesbians into congregational life, why do some adopt a formal organizational statement of welcoming while others do not? Drawing on the new institutionalism and inhabited instit...
| Subtitles: | Forum on Sexuality and Religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2017]
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| In: |
Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 56, Issue: 4, Pages: 820-835 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Church congregation
/ Homosexuality
/ Sexual ethics
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy KBQ North America NCF Sexual ethics |
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inhabited institutions
B Homosexuality B Congregations B loose coupling B New institutionalism B Religious Organizations |
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