Overview
- Investigates constructions of religion and homosexuality in public discourses.
- Combines contemporary and historical perspectives.
- Utilizes approaches from both the humanities and the social sciences.
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This volume addresses three things many people do not discuss candidly with strangers or mere acquaintances: God, sex, and politics. These can easily become topics of fierce debate, particularly when taken together, as has been the case with same-sex marriage legislation, the Vatican’s criticism of “gender ideology,” or the repeatedly asserted claim that Islam, homosexuality, and gender equality are essentially incompatible. This volume investigates what is at stake in these constructions of religion and homosexuality in public discourses. Starting with the Netherlands as a special case study, it proceeds with contributions on other predominantly postsecular countries in central, northern, and southern Europe as well as several postcommunist and postcolonial countries “beyond Europe.” Combining contemporary and historical perspectives and approaches from both the humanities and the social sciences, the contributors explore how national and European identities are constructed and contested in debates on religion and homosexuality.
Chapter 2 and Chapter 8 of this book are available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com.
Reviews
“Religion and homosexuality make strange bedfellows. Nevertheless, today, they are inseparable in public discourse. This wonderful collection of essays confirms the internationalization of a configuration that extends beyond Western Europe, from Russia and Serbia to Zambia and Indonesia. At the same time, it establishes that the discursive articulation of religion and homosexuality has become a primary way to talk about national identity.” (Éric Fassin, Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies, Université Paris 8 Vincennes – Saint-Denis, France)
“This book provides much needed and very thoughtful analysis of how public debates about gender and sexuality in general and homosexuality in particular drive politics across Europe and well beyond. The breadth and depth of the research allows for counter-intuitive insights, showing the plurality of religious voices and the range of those voices within and across traditions and countries instead of the usual ‘two sides’ ofdebate.” (Janet R. Jakobsen, Chair and Claire Tow Professor of Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies, Barnard College, Columbia University, USA)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Marco Derks is an independent scholar of religion, sexuality, and gender.
Mariecke van den Berg is Professor by Special Appointment of Feminism and Christianity at Radboud University Nijmegen, and Assistant Professor of Interreligious Studies at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Public Discourses About Homosexuality and Religion in Europe and Beyond
Editors: Marco Derks, Mariecke van den Berg
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56326-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56325-7Published: 01 October 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56328-8Published: 01 October 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-56326-4Published: 01 October 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 353
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations
Topics: Religion and Gender, Politics and Religion, Sociology of Religion