"Killing the Messenger": Religious Black Gay Men's Neutralization of Anti-Gay Religious Messages
"Killing the Messenger": Religious Black Gay Men's Neutralization of Anti-Gay Religious Messages
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Malden, USA: Blackwell Publishing Inc
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English
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Malden, USA: Blackwell Publishing Inc
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I use cognitive dissonance theory as a framework to examine coping strategies used by men endeavoring to maintain a coherent sense of themselves as gay Christians. Using interviews with black gay Christian men, I uncover a strategy used to maintain that identity in the face of stigmatizing religious rhetoric. While these men have managed to reconci...
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"Killing the Messenger": Religious Black Gay Men's Neutralization of Anti-Gay Religious Messages
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_753841451
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_753841451
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0021-8294
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1468-5906
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10.1111/j.1468-5906.2009.01492.x
