Journal
JOURNAL OF HOMOSEXUALITY
Volume 65, Issue 11, Pages 1457-1483Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2017.1377492
Keywords
Evangelical; affirming; inclusive; LGBT; gay; non-heterosexual; Korea; Confucian; Christian
Funding
- Hanyang University Research Fund
- Jack Shand Award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
- National Research Foundation of Korea Grant - Korean Government [NRF- 2016S1A5A2A01026603]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2016S1A5A2A01026603] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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What Protestant congregations offer spaces for worship and dialogue among persons with different sexual orientations? The academic literature finds or assumes that non-heterosexuals are stigmatized or invisible in theologically conservative congregations and are welcomed in progressive, affirming congregations. This article develops an alternative claim that some conservative or evangelical congregations offer attractive spaces for non-heterosexuals to worship and dialogue. We illustrate with an exploratory study of four congregations in South Korea-two theologically progressive, two evangelical- whose pastors welcomed everybody regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. The inclusive-evangelical congregations retained conservative theology on sexuality (sexual relations only within heterosexual marriage) but offered more empathic dialogue with non-heterosexuals than did most evangelical congregations; they also provided more resources, conventional religious culture, and ties to traditional affective networks than the affirming-progressive congregations. Inclusive-evangelical congregations offer an institutional venue for non-heterosexual Christians in Korea to potentially reconcile three central values: conservative Christianity, traditional (Confucian) affective networks, and expressive individualism.
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