Everyone Belongs Here: How Affirming and Non-Affirming Church Messages and Imagery Cause Different Feelings of Acceptance in LGBTQ+ Christians

Most US churches are non-affirming toward the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning and more (LGBTQ+) communities, but a few have developed affirming theologies. We investigate the causal link between church messages and imagery on the expectation that queer Christians would feel...

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Authors: Hugues, Juan Carlos (Author) ; Rouse, Steven V. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publishing 2023
In: Journal of psychology and theology
Year: 2023, Volume: 51, Issue: 4, Pages: 523-536
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / LGBT / Acceptance / Church / Web Site / Experiment
RelBib Classification:CH Christianity and Society
KBQ North America
NCF Sexual ethics
RB Church office; congregation
ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies
Further subjects:B Acceptance
B Church
B Experiment
B Symbols
B Christian
B messages
B LGBTQ+
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