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SAVED, SANCTIFIED AND FILLED WITH GAY: LIBERATION THEOLOGY WITH AAMSM AND THE BLACK CHURCH
| Title: | SAVED, SANCTIFIED AND FILLED WITH GAY: LIBERATION THEOLOGY WITH AAMSM AND THE BLACK CHURCH. |
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| Name(s): |
Green, Adam, Author Coverston, Harry, Committee Chair University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Issued: | 2011 | |
| Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | AAMSM (African American men who have sex with men) endure homophobia and racism in their political realities because of their identity. How do multiple oppressions impact the experiences of AAMSM participating within Black churches? Despite the Black church's legacy for liberating African Americans, AAMSM feel demonized and alienated while enduring religion-based homophobia espoused within many Black churches. In the church, AAMSM are pushed further down the hierarchy of oppression and privilege. In response to these observations, this thesis employs a sexual discourse of resistance. I engage this discourse with a literature review in order to discover links between homophobia and AAMSM in an interdisciplinary manner. Jungian psychology is then utilized to interpret internalized oppression. This leads to a discussion of social and religious justice for AAMSM in the Black church through the lens of liberation theology. While the oppressed have become oppressors within the Black church as regards AAMSM, liberation theology affirms all of humanity. Liberation theology provides a message of love for AAMSM and a source of Christian ethics for the Black church. | |
| Identifier: | CFH0003838 (IID), ucf:44724 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
2011-05-01 B.A. Office of Undergraduate Studies, Dept. of Philosophy Masters This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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| Subject(s): |
liberation theology Black church AAMSM Jung internalized oppression Black homophobia Black gay men religion-based homophobia |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0003838 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | public 2011-04-01 | |
| Host Institution: | UCF |
