Queering religious texts: An exploration of British non-heterosexual Christians' and Muslims' strategy of constructing sexuality-affirming hermeneutics

Sociology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-65

  Yip, Andrew K T ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Christianity; Homosexuality; Islam; Religious texts; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944478151     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038505049000     Document Type: Review

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