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E-book: Queer Inclusion in the United Methodist Church

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(Colorado College, USA)
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The United Methodist Church has been in conflict over lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender inclusion issues since 1972. That year, in response to the gay liberation and gay rights movements, wording was added to the UMC Book of Discipline (the compilation of denominational policies and doctrines) characterizing homosexuality as "incompatible with Christian teaching." Since then, United Methodist ministers have been forbidden to perform same-sex commitment ceremonies (and United Methodist churches forbidden to host them), a rule has been passed that non-heterosexual United Methodist ministers must be celibate, and the UMC has forbidden the funding of any program or organization "supporting" homosexuality. These policies have been met with significant resistance by those fighting for GLBT inclusion. In this groundbreaking book, Udis-Kessler examines this struggle, analyzing both sides of this divisive debate among one of the most prominent religious organizations in the United States.

List of Tables ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
1 Introduction 1
2 History and Participants 14
3 Research Methodology 42
4 General Conference 2000: Selected Field Notes 58
5 Analytic Perspectives: Culture Wars 88
6 Analytic Perspectives: Homophobia and Heterosexism 103
7 Analytic Perspectives: Social Closure 120
8 Analytic Perspectives: Contradictory Institutional Logics 139
9 Implications and Possibilities 175
Appendix 1 193
Appendix 2 195
Appendix 3 197
Notes 201
Bibliography 221
Index 239
Index of Biblical Passages 253
Amanda Udis-Kessler received her PhD in Sociology from Boston College and is the Director of Institutional Research and Planning at The Colorado College.
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