Abusers of Themselves with Mankind
On the Constitutive Necessity of Abuse in Evangelical Sex Manuals
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3397883 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William P Boyce (University of Virginia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 119 |
| Publication date | 2021-02-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel12020119 |
| OpenAlex | W3129252891 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
In this essay, I recount the recent narrative of an evangelical awakening on issues of sexual violence though the impact of Rachael Denhollander, an advocate and survivor of sexual trauma. Denhollander's evangelical credentials authorized fellow US evangelicals to sympathize with the #MeToo movement. I then show how this script of awakening obscures a long history of abuse in relation to LGBTQ persons of faith. I demonstrate how American evangelical sex manuals make abuse both constitutive to a genuine discovery of personhood and simultaneously marginal to one's self-identification. Paradox becomes a framework for describing the "problem" of homosexuality in evangelical circles. Finally, I reflect on what it suggests to scholars of religion that a religious community ensconces abuse in this distinctive way
Art · Criminology · Faith · Homosexuality · Literature · Narrative · Personhood · Poison control · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Sexual abuse · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Theology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Theological Perspectives and Practices
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |