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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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Sage Publishing
2023
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| Dans: |
Journal of psychology and theology
Année: 2023, Volume: 51, Numéro: 4, Pages: 523-536 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
USA
/ LGBT
/ Acceptation
/ Église
/ Site web
/ Expérience
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| RelBib Classification: | CH Christianisme et société KBQ Amérique du Nord NCF Éthique sexuelle RB Ministère ecclésiastique ZG Sociologie des médias; médias numériques; Sciences de l'information et de la communication |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Expérience
B Acceptance B Church B Symbols B Christian B messages B LGBTQ+ |
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| Résumé: | 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 accepted in a church. We designed two church websites with affirming and non-affirming theology. We hypothesized that queer Christians who examined an affirming church website would feel a greater sense of church acceptance than those who viewed a non-affirming church website. Queer Christians evidenced significantly greater expectations that they would be accepted when viewing the affirming church website than when viewing the non-affirming website. Exploratory analyses examined how these websites affected straight Christians. Straight Christians did not differ significantly between the two conditions but showed a trend toward greater feelings of acceptance by the affirming church. Therefore, when finding a church, symbols rooted in affirming theology welcome LGBTQ+ and straight Christians more than those rooted in non-affirming theology. |
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| ISSN: | 2328-1162 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of psychology and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/00916471231185811 |