Professor Gerard Loughlin gerard.loughlin@durham.ac.uk
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"Catholic Homophobia"
Loughlin, Gerard
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Abstract
Understanding homophobia as a discursively constituted antipathy, this article argues that the culture of the Catholic Church – as constituted through the Roman magisterium – can be understood as fundamentally homophobic, and in its teaching not just on homosexuality, but also on contraception and priestly celibacy. Moreover, in this regard, the article argues for a hermeneutic of continuity from the pontificate of John Paul II to that of Pope Francis – the latter’s ambivalence repeating the ‘scrambling’ of speech that is typical of homophobic discourse.
Citation
Loughlin, G. (2018). "Catholic Homophobia". Theology, 121(3), 188-196. https://doi.org/10.1177/0040571x17749147
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Sep 3, 2017 |
Online Publication Date | Apr 16, 2018 |
Publication Date | May 1, 2018 |
Deposit Date | Sep 12, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 28, 2024 |
Journal | Theology |
Print ISSN | 0040-571X |
Electronic ISSN | 2044-2696 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 121 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 188-196 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1177/0040571x17749147 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1349451 |
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Revised version Loughlin, Gerard (2018). Catholic Homophobia. Theology 121(3): 188-196. Copyright © 2018 The Author(s). Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications.
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