Title: Recruiting young love : how Christians talk about homosexuality /
Authors: Jordan, Mark D.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Homosexuality Religious aspects Christianity; Teenagers Sexual behavior; Sex Religious aspects Christianity
Abstract: "Explores more than a half century of American church debate about homosexuality to show that even as the main lesson--homosexuality is bad, teens are vulnerable--has remained constant, the arguments and assumptions have changed remarkably. The story is told through a wide variety of sources, including oral histories, interviews, memoirs, and even pulp novels; the result is a fascinating window onto the never-ending battle for the teenage soul."--Publisher's description.
Contents: Introduction: Sexual characters -- Degenerating youth -- First reports of hidden worlds -- A social problem -- Spirit of the homophile race -- Meeting face to face -- Churchly liberations -- Saving their children -- Coming out of homosexuality -- Polemic in a time of plague -- In search of new youth -- Conclusion: How not to talk about sex in church.