Sexual and Religious Regimes of the Self in Dutch Discourses about Homosexuality: A Queer Theological Analysis and Alternative

This article discusses two major ways in which sexual and religious identities are conceptualized in Dutch public discourses about homosexuality. In a secular discourse that stresses that LGBTs should be able to ‘be themselves', certain religious identities are often ignored, subordinated or at...

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Auteur principal: Derks, Marco 1980- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Brill [2018]
Dans: International journal of public theology
Année: 2018, Volume: 12, Numéro: 3/4, Pages: 353-378
RelBib Classification:FD Théologie contextuelle
KBD Benelux
KDD Église protestante
NBE Anthropologie
NCF Éthique sexuelle
ZC Politique en général
Sujets non-standardisés:B Authenticity
B Queer Theology
B The Netherlands
B Homosexuality
B Identity
B Sacramentality
B Secularism
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Résumé:This article discusses two major ways in which sexual and religious identities are conceptualized in Dutch public discourses about homosexuality. In a secular discourse that stresses that LGBTs should be able to ‘be themselves', certain religious identities are often ignored, subordinated or attacked, while the self that needs to be realized is rendered primarily a sexual self. A conservative Protestant (counter-)discourse on ‘being in Christ' subordinates (homo)sexual identity to Christian identity—or even rejects it. To move beyond such (Late) Modern oppositional constructions of religion and homosexuality in terms of (religious/sexual) "identity", this article explores the (queer) Catholic concept of sacramental characters—as an anti-identity—and suggests that it has the potential to unsettle some of the deadlocks in public discourses about homosexuality and sexual diversity.
ISSN:1569-7320
Contient:Enthalten in: International journal of public theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15697320-12341547