TY - BOOK AU - Viefhues-Bailey,Ludger H. TI - Between a man and a woman?: why conservatives oppose same-sex marriage T2 - Gender, theory, and religion SN - 9780231521017 AV - BT707.6 .V54 2010eb U1 - 261.8/35848 22 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - Columbia University Press KW - Focus on the Family (Organization) KW - fast KW - Focus on the Family KW - idszbz KW - Same-sex marriage KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - Christian conservatism KW - United States KW - Personnes homosexuelles KW - Mariage KW - Aspect religieux KW - Christianisme KW - Conservatisme chrétien KW - États-Unis KW - RELIGION KW - Christian Life KW - Social Issues KW - bisacsh KW - General KW - Evangelikale Bewegung KW - Gleichgeschlechtliche Ehe KW - Homosexualität KW - Religion KW - Politik KW - USA KW - Electronic books KW - Nonfiction N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Religious interests between Bible and politics -- America and the state of respectable Christian romance -- Same-sex love and the impossibility of Christian femininity and masculinity -- A political and sexual theology of crisis N2 - While conservative Christian groups refuse to recognize same-sex marriage, there is more to their debate than biblical literalism or nostalgia for simple gender roles. Investigating why conservative Christians are so energized by an issue that, according to their own statistics, affects only a small number of Americans, Ludger Viefhues-Bailey confronts a profound theological conundrum: conservatives of both sexes are asked at once to be assertive and submissive, masculine and feminine, both within the home, the church, society, and the state. Focusing primarily on texts produced UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=584586 ER -