Review: Kelsy Burke, <i>Christians Under Covers: Evangelicals and Sexual Pleasure on the Internet</i>

Lusk, Jeniece

doi:10.1177/0268580918757115

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“…As pornography use has becoming increasingly available with each advance in media technology, its use has steadily increased both among the general population and among religious Americans themselves (Perry and Schleifer 2018a). This has happened even as pornography use remains strongly condemned within those religious communities (Burke 2016;Perry 2019;Thomas 2013). To the extent that pornography use-either by discouraging religious porn users or provoking censure and discipline from their faith community-leads to a lower likelihood that Americans will participate in congregational leadership, congregations could increasingly experience a dearth of lay leaders.…”

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“…While women are among the most active participants in most religious congregations, certain religious traditions, and particularly Catholicism and conservative Protestantism put limits on the leadership roles women may occupy in congregations. Regarding pornography use, gender stereotypes surrounding men and women's sexuality, particularly within more conservative traditions, often result in men's pornography use being somewhat normalized as a "common sin" for men to "struggle" with (Burke 2016). Conversely, women in these traditions often feel additional shame and stigma for their pornography use because it is not a stereotypically "female sin" (Assad 2016).…”

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“…And while religious Americans are among the most ardent opponents of pornography's dissimenation and use, there is some evidence that pornography has become more prevelant within their communities as well. Focusing on evangelical Protestants, for example, Thomas (2013) shows how the dominant narrative of evangelical leaders regarding pornography has transitioned over time as pornography use within their congregations has become more pervasive (see also Burke 2016). And in his recent study of religion and trends in pornography consumption using the 1984-2016 General Social Surveys, Perry and Schleifer (2018a) find that, all else being equal, evangelicals are both indistinguishable from non-evangelicals in their likelihood of viewing pornography and were increasing in their porn viewership at rates that were virtually identical to other Americans.…”

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How Pornography Use Reduces Participation in Congregational Leadership: A Research Note

Perry

2019

Review of Religious Research

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Research on the link between religion and pornography suggests that more frequent pornography viewing can lead to declines in individuals’ religious commitment, likely stemming from the guilt, shame, and dissonance adherents experience for violating sacralized moral values. No research, however, has considered the implications of this phenomenon for religious organizations. The current study addresses this gap by examining how pornography use contributes to potential congregational problems by discouraging individuals from participating in lay leadership. Multivariate analyses of panel data from the 2006–2012 Portraits of American Life Study reveal that the more frequently respondents viewed pornography at wave 1 the less likely they were to hold a leadership position or serve on a committee in their congregation within the following 6 years. This effect was robust to controls for religious commitment, tradition, and other correlates of lay leadership participation. Interactions with religious tradition and gender suggest that participation in leadership is more negatively tied to porn use for conservative Protestants and Catholics compared to mainline Protestants and women compared to men. Findings ultimately suggest that increasingly pervasive pornography consumption among adherents could portend a potential dearth of volunteer leadership for congregations.

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How Pornography Use Reduces Participation in Congregational Leadership: A Research Note

Perry

2019

Review of Religious Research

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“…Gender roles and attitudes are first learned and constantly reinforced within families (Leaper and Friedman 2007). Many Christian families have combined a practice of religious moorings and modern feminist thought (Burke 2016;Gallagher 2003), which may protect against imbalanced and harmful gender attitudes. The fourth element is that individuals, families and society should make efforts to eliminate gender inequalities (Beckman 2014).…”

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“…As in Judaism, Muslim and Christian teachings related to marital sexuality emphasize marital fidelity for women and men while urging considerate and consistent marital sexual relations (see 1 Corinthians 7:1-6). Embracing both sexual pleasure and religion, research has shown that some Christians promote the idea that it pleases God for married couples to enjoy sex (Burke 2016;Leavitt et al 2021) and in fact, use some feminist and queer theory language to explain this connection between sex and religion (Burke 2016).…”

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Exploring Gender Roles in Highly Religious Families

Leavitt

Allsop

Price

et al. 2021

Review of Religious Research

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Background Many world religions explicitly and/or implicitly promote gender hierarchy and the patriarchal nature of gender roles is a nearly universal theme within these traditions. Notwithstanding the hierarchical patterns often apparent in religiously defined gender roles, complementarity in gender roles is also an essential characteristic of many religions. Purpose Religious teachings regarding gender roles may dualistically foster relational health or cause relational harm—depending on the particular teachings and, perhaps most saliently, depending on how religious teachings are applied and lived out within marriages and families. We aim to explore, through interviews with highly religious wives and husbands, the influences and meanings that wives’ and husbands’ religious beliefs and practices have in connection with their perspectives and lived experience of gender roles in the context of marriage and family life. Methods We conducted in-depth, qualitative interviews with 198 individuals using a racially and ethnically diverse sample consisting of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish families (N = 476 individuals). Questions regarding gender within relationships were not included on the interview questionnaire but gender-related issues spontaneously surfaced in many of the interviews. Participants’ comments involving gender were identified using NVivo 12 software and were then qualitatively analyzed using a team-based methodology (Marks in Current Psychol, 34(3): 494-505, 2015). Results Two themes addressing the nexus of gender and religion were identified: Theme 1: Sanctity and Complementary Gender Roles in Sexual Relations; Theme 2: Interpreting and Safeguarding Gender Roles. Primary data excerpts are presented to illustrate each theme and implications and applications are discussed. Conclusions and Implications Professionals and individuals may examine how religious doctrine is translated into gender attitudes and roles. As individuals understand the many ways highly religious families view gender, gender roles, and gender attitudes, they may be open to examining a wider range of gender interpretations that still remain consistent with their doctrine.

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Religious Exemption, LGBT Rights, and the Social Construction of Harm and Freedom

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In this article, we examine how courts make decisions in religious exemption cases that implicate LGBT rights in a wide range of contexts including education, employment, and medical care. Through an in-depth qualitative analysis of 50 federal cases decided between 1990 and 2020, we demonstrate a shift in how anti-LGBT sentiment is expressed by parties bringing religion-based claims—from a broad condemnation of LGBT identity to a narrow condemnation of same-sex marriage—and find that courts are more likely to rule in favor of the latter. We show how courts construct competing understandings of harm and religious freedom depending on the context of the case and whether the setting is deemed public or private. Our analyses shed light on the shifting and competing meanings about religion, sexuality, and public life in the United States.

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Review: Kelsy Burke, Christians Under Covers: Evangelicals and Sexual Pleasure on the Internet

Cited by 5 publications

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How Pornography Use Reduces Participation in Congregational Leadership: A Research Note

How Pornography Use Reduces Participation in Congregational Leadership: A Research Note

Exploring Gender Roles in Highly Religious Families

Religious Exemption, LGBT Rights, and the Social Construction of Harm and Freedom

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