"The natural order of creation": Naturalizing discourses in the Christian same-sex marriage debate

Anthropologica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 203-215

  Sullivan Blum, Constance R ^a  

^a Department of Education Childhood Education   (United States)

Author keywords

Christianity; Homosexuality; Naturalizing discourses; Same sex marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845199958     PISSN: 00035459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25605311     Document Type: Review

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