Dare to Differ

Gay and Lesbian Catholics' Assessment of Official Catholic Positions on Sexuality

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2590977
AutoresA K T Yip (0000-0002-8727-4201, Nottingham Trent University, autor correspondente)
Ano1997
Volume58
Fascículo2
Páginas165
Data de publicação1997-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSociology of Religion (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1069-4404 • E-ISSN: 1759-8818
EditoraOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3711875
OpenAlexW1973050873
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas39
Referências citadas13

This paper presents data collected through a postal survey of 121 gay and lesbian Catholics in Britain. It aims to examine the respondents' assessment of the official Catholic positions on sexuality in general and homosexuality in particular. The Catholic Church labels the homosexual inclination an “objective disorder” and the engagement in homosexual genital acts “intrinsically disordered.” A vast majority of respondents, however, found the Church's arguments against homosexuality and other sexuality issues unconvincing. Most respondents considered genital acts within a same-sex relationship entirely compatible with their Catholic faith. The respondents demonstrate the ability as social actors to rise above the “deviant” circumstances imposed on them. This is the outcome of their having developed a positive self identity, constructed primarily in opposition to the Church's teachings, that successfully incorporates their sexuality and religious beliefs

Faith · Homosexuality · Human sexuality · Lesbian · Political science · Politics · Sexual identity · Sociology · Theology · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Gender Studies · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Social Psychology