RT Article
T1 Evangelicalism, Sexual Morality, and Sexual Addiction: Opposing Views and Continued Conflicts
JF Journal of religion and health
VO 51
IS 1
SP 162
OP 178
A1 Edger, Kailla
LA English
YR 2012
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1668786656
AB While much of the Christian evangelical movement fosters judgmental attitudes surrounding sexuality, disapproving of other individuals who exhibit behaviors deemed morally reprehensible, other evangelical denominations embrace different viewpoints about human sexuality. In spite of the existence of ecumenical evangelical groups, the majority defines sexual morality through a narrow and prescriptive outlook and pathologizes certain sexual behaviors. Solutions to identified sexual problems are often provided through restrictive viewpoints despite the existence of largely opposing positions within this movement. Reaction formation and authoritarian personality theory are theorized as the primary explanations for individuals failing to conform to stringent religious sexual expectations.
K1 Addiction
K1 Authoritarian personality
K1 Evangelical
K1 Reaction Formation
K1 Religion
K1 Sex
DO 10.1007/s10943-010-9338-7