Evangelical Protestant Women’s Views on Homosexuality and LGBT Rights in Korea: The Role of Confucianism and Nationalism in Heteronormative Ideology

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Gowoon Jung
Keyword(s):  
Lgbt Rights ◽  
Women’S Views ◽  
Evangelical Protestant

scholarly journals The role of gynaecologists in women's health care - women's views

1998 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Hemminki ◽  
S. Sihvo ◽  
E. Forssas ◽  
P. Koponen ◽  
E. Kosunen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Women's Health Care ◽  
Women’S Views

scholarly journals Reconciling Religion and LGBT Rights: Christian Universities, Theological Orientations, and LGBT Inclusion

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Coley
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Culture Wars ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Christian Colleges ◽  
Lgbt Rights ◽  
Lgbt Students ◽  
Christian Colleges And Universities ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Role Of Religion

Why do some Christian colleges and universities approve lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) groups and inclusive nondiscrimination policies while others resist them? Scholars are beginning to develop models to explain LGBT inclusion in schools, but they have undertheorized the role of religion in facilitating or impeding LGBT inclusion. In this article, I draw from the literature on religion and the “culture wars,” especially insights into religions’ theological orientations, to explain Christian colleges and universities’ inclusion of LGBT students. I show that communal orientations—theological emphases on social justice—strongly predict the adoption of LGBT groups and inclusive nondiscrimination policies at Christian colleges and universities. By contrast, individualist orientations—theological emphases on personal piety—impede the adoption of such groups and policies. Importantly, I find little support for alternative explanations of Christian colleges and universities’ inclusion of LGBT students that focus on liberal or conservative teachings on same-sex relationships. Beyond bridging literatures on the political sociology of LGBT rights and religion and the culture wars, the article supports an emerging theoretical framework for understanding the role of religion in a wide range of social justice debates.

Elections and the Role of LGBT Issues in the United States and Abroad

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriele Magni
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Direct Democracy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Lgbt Rights ◽  
Same Sex Marriage ◽  
Lgbt Issues ◽  
Over Time

LGBT issues have played an important role in elections. They have been the focus of direct democracy, that is referenda and ballot initiatives in which citizens voted on LGBT rights. The issues considered evolved over time from nondiscrimination ordinances in the 1970s to same-sex marriage bans in the 2000s and transgender rights in the 2010s. Religiosity, partisanship, and ideology generally predicted electoral outcomes. While supporters of LGBT rights have often been defeated at the ballot box, the tide started to change in the 2010s. Beyond direct democracy, LGBT issues have played a role in general elections. The religious right exploited them to mobilize the conservative electorate or to persuade voters to reconsider their party loyalties. The 2004 US presidential election, when same-sex marriage bans were on the ballot in several states, offers an important case study. LGBT actors are also important in elections. LGB voters have generally been more progressive and more supportive of the Democratic Party than the general population. Additionally, the number of openly LGBT candidates has significantly grown over time. In the early years, gays and lesbians running for office faced an electoral penalty but made up for their disadvantage by strategically competing in more favorable districts. By the late 2010s, however, large subsets of the electorate, including Democrats, progressives, nonreligious voters, and people with LGBT friends no longer penalized gay and lesbian candidates. The penalty remained stronger for transgender candidates. LGBT issues have also been important outside the United States, as shown by same-sex marriage referenda in Europe and beyond and by the increasing success of lesbian and gay candidates in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. Future research should explore issues concerning minorities in the LGBT community, the shifting position of right-wing parties on LGBT rights, and the role of LGBT issues and candidates in elections outside the Western world.

Mothers and nation in the global era: The role of evangelical Protestant mothers in the discursive construction of multicultural Korea

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 353-374
Author(s):  
Gowoon Jung
Keyword(s):  
Nation Building ◽  
Discursive Construction ◽  
Scholarly Work ◽  
Religious Women ◽  
Global Era ◽  
Transnational Mothers ◽  
Media Portrayal ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Evangelical Protestant

Despite scholarly work examining mothers’ roles in nation-building, few studies have investigated how religion plays a role in the process. Comparing two groups of evangelical Protestant mothers, namely, transnational and domestic mothers, this study argues that religion powerfully shapes mothers’ understanding of multiculturalism but only alongside their cosmopolitan experiences. Drawing on in-depth interviews with evangelical mothers originating from Seoul, South Korea, the article examines how mothers perceive multicultural families and children, in comparison with Korean citizens, and investigates the strategies they use in making discursive boundaries to include immigrants. The findings show that transnational mothers have a more inclusive perception of multicultural families and children than domestic mothers, through their use of the interconnected languages of religion and cosmopolitanism. The article claims that an intersectional lens helps us understand mothers’ unique ways of imagining a multicultural Korea, emphasizing their complex positions in families, churches, and global communities. The study contributes to bringing a religious and cosmopolitan focus into the literature on mothers and nation, negating the monolithic media portrayal of religious women as a homogeneous group preserving a total identity in conservative views.

scholarly journals u.s. attitudes toward lesbian and gay people

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tina Fetner
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Lgbt Rights ◽  
Positive Direction ◽  
Lesbian And Gay ◽  
Lgbt Movement ◽  
Cultural Shifts ◽  
Over Time

In this article, I examine trends in attitudes toward lesbian and gaypeople over time in the United States, showing that they are changingrapidly in a positive direction. I consider the role of the LGBT movement,cultural shifts, and LGBT rights policy. This article was published in theSpring 2016 issue of *Contexts *(15: 20-27).

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