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This book explains how faith, politics, and fear contribute to the homophobic mindset within the Black Church and the African American community.
Homophobia in the Black Church: How Faith, Politics, and Fear Divide the Black Community explores the various reasons for the Black Church's aversion—and the general black cultural inflexibility—toward homosexuality, same-sex marriage, and acceptance of the LGBT community. It connects black cultural resistance toward homosexuality to politics, faith, and fear; follows the trail of faith-based funding to the pulpit of black mega-churches; and spotlights how members of the black clergy have sacrificed black LGBTQ Christians for personal and political advancement.
The author systematically builds his case, linking the reasons blacks are intolerant of deviation from acceptable sexual behavior to the 1960s struggle for racial equality, and tying longstanding black sexual mores to present day politics, social conservatism, and the lure of federal funding to black churches and religious and social organizations. He also spotlights specific homophobic black ministers and draws back the curtain on their alliance with White social conservatives and religious and political extremists to reveal an improbable but powerful union.
Contents
Foreword by Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad
Introduction
ONE: The Faith-Based Solution
TWO: Sexuality: The Weapon of Choice
THREE: Faith in Money
FOUR: The Black LGBT Struggle
FIVE: Same-Sex Marriage
SIX: Don't Ask, Don't Tell
SEVEN: LGBTs Today and Tomorrow
Appendixes: Presidential Documents
Index
