Jordan, Mark D.

Recruiting young love : how Christians talk about homosexuality / Mark D. Jordan. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011. - xx, 273 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Sexual characters -- Degenerating youth -- First reports of hidden worlds -- A social problem -- Spirit of the homophile race -- Meeting face to face -- Churchly liberations -- Saving their children -- Coming out of homosexuality -- Polemic in a time of plague -- In search of new youth -- Conclusion: How not to talk about sex in church.

9780226410449 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226410447 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Teenagers--Sexual behavior.
Sex--Religious aspects--Christianity.

BR 115 .H6 / J67 2011