Gay on God's campus
Subtitle: mobilizing for LGBT equality at Christian colleges and universities
By: Jonathan S. Coley
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9781469636214; 9781469636221
Subjects: Gay college students; Christian college students; Political activity; Student movements; Sexual minorities
Description: "Jonathan Coley explores the unique pathways along which students join and work within movements for LGBT inclusion at Christian institutions of higher learning across the country. Having interviewed dozens of students in LGBT advocacy groups at four conservative, religious schools of different denominations, Coley is able to use students' own words to analyze their self-conceptions and activist tactics, while shedding new light on faith-based LGBT activism on college campuses. Moreover, Coley shows that there is no single pathway to activism and, perhaps most importantly, that religion and pro-LGBT activism are not mutually exclusive categories"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.