Sexuality, activism, and witness in the Anglican Communion: The 2008 Lambeth Conference of Anglican bishops

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 670-689

  Vanderbeck, Robert M ^a   Andersson, Johan ^a   Valentine, Gill ^a   Sadgrove, Joanna ^a   Ward, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activism; Anglican communion; Gay and lesbian; Religion; Sexuality; Social movements

Indexed keywords

CHRISTIANITY; CHURCH ROLE; COLLECTIVE ACTION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; RELIGION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

EID: 79956191785     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2011.561105     Document Type: Article

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