The Presbyterian "Fidelity and Chastity" Competition as a Loyalist Victory
The passage of the "fidelity and chastity" amendment by the Presbyterian Church (USA) in 1997 was a victory for neither right nor left, but for the loyalist center of the church. The loyalists forced the extremes to compete for their favor, producing an amendment designed to end the long a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1999
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Review of religious research
Year: 1999, Volume: 41, Issue: 2, Pages: 207-222 |
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| Summary: | The passage of the "fidelity and chastity" amendment by the Presbyterian Church (USA) in 1997 was a victory for neither right nor left, but for the loyalist center of the church. The loyalists forced the extremes to compete for their favor, producing an amendment designed to end the long and divisive attempt to ordain practicing homosexuals while preserving the actual institutional practices of the denomination. This study, based on interviews with sixty church leaders and observation of the amendment debate, shows the three-party competition underneath the apparent two-party (left/right) conflict. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3512107 |