Beyond complicity
Coherence, queer theory, and the rhetoric of the “gay Christian movement”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12370081 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karma R Chávez (0000-0001-6057-0521, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 255-275 |
| Publication date | 2004-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Text and Performance Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1046-2937 • E-ISSN: 1479-5760 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1046293042000312760 |
| OpenAlex | W2066330689 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 25 |
This essay argues that Soulforce, one of the largest organizations working for the inclusion of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender people in society and in Christian churches, is complicit with evangelical rhetoric. By accepting the choice vs. nonchoice binary as the only option for “homosexual” experience, Soulforce essentializes “homosexual” identity. Using the methods of textual analysis and rhetorical criticism, this essay extends Mark Lawrence McPhail's notions of complicity and coherence, read through queer theory, in order to analyze Soulforce's rhetoric. Through blindly accepting that sexuality is either chosen or not, Soulforce allows evangelicals to set the parameters for discussions on sexuality. Queer theory helps to destabilize this binary opposition, and McPhail provides a broad lens with which to understand the rhetoric. This essay concludes that elements of queer theory may help to reveal ways Soulforce can move from complicity to coherence
Aesthetics · Art · Complicity · Criticism · Human sexuality · Linguistics · Political science · Queer · Queer theory · Rhetoric · Sociology · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Gender Studies · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2021 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |