A better understanding of the potential conflict between Christianity and homosexuality
Most organized religions including Christianity still regard homosexuality as being against their teachings, as sinful and contrary to scripture. Thus the matter of reconciling sexual orientation with religious and spiritual beliefs can be a very challenging and complicated process for those homosex...
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| author | Subhi, Nasrudin Geelan, David McMahon, M. Jusoff, Kamaruzaman Mohamad, Mohd Suhaimi Sarnon @ Kusenin, Norulhuda Nen, Salina Mohd Hoesni, Suzana Chong, Sheau Tsuey Ibrahim, Fauziah Alavi, Khadijah |
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| description | Most organized religions including Christianity still regard homosexuality as being against their teachings, as sinful and contrary to scripture. Thus the matter of reconciling sexual orientation with religious and spiritual beliefs can be a very challenging and complicated process for those homosexual persons who uphold Christianity as their religion. This paper seeks to explore the potential conflict between Christianity and homosexuality faced by the respondents. A qualitative study was conducted via in-depth semi-structured interviews with purposively selected homosexual persons. The result found that a small percentage of respondents were unaffected by the potential conflict between Christianity and homosexuality. Nevertheless, the majority, eighty percent, were affected by the conflict, implying that both Christianity and homosexuality were important components of their lives. The most common personal effects of conflict between Christianity and homosexuality indentified include depression, self-blame/guilt, anxiety, suicidal ideation and alienation. Some implications for practice are presented at two few different levels: (1) mental health professionals and (2) church leaders and clergymen. |
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| spelling | upm-445652020-08-04T02:27:41Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/44565/ A better understanding of the potential conflict between Christianity and homosexuality Subhi, Nasrudin Geelan, David McMahon, M. Jusoff, Kamaruzaman Mohamad, Mohd Suhaimi Sarnon @ Kusenin, Norulhuda Nen, Salina Mohd Hoesni, Suzana Chong, Sheau Tsuey Ibrahim, Fauziah Alavi, Khadijah Most organized religions including Christianity still regard homosexuality as being against their teachings, as sinful and contrary to scripture. Thus the matter of reconciling sexual orientation with religious and spiritual beliefs can be a very challenging and complicated process for those homosexual persons who uphold Christianity as their religion. This paper seeks to explore the potential conflict between Christianity and homosexuality faced by the respondents. A qualitative study was conducted via in-depth semi-structured interviews with purposively selected homosexual persons. The result found that a small percentage of respondents were unaffected by the potential conflict between Christianity and homosexuality. Nevertheless, the majority, eighty percent, were affected by the conflict, implying that both Christianity and homosexuality were important components of their lives. The most common personal effects of conflict between Christianity and homosexuality indentified include depression, self-blame/guilt, anxiety, suicidal ideation and alienation. Some implications for practice are presented at two few different levels: (1) mental health professionals and (2) church leaders and clergymen. IDOSI Publications 2011 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/44565/1/A%20better%20understanding%20of%20the%20potential%20conflict%20between%20Christianity%20and%20homosexuality.pdf Subhi, Nasrudin and Geelan, David and McMahon, M. and Jusoff, Kamaruzaman and Mohamad, Mohd Suhaimi and Sarnon @ Kusenin, Norulhuda and Nen, Salina and Mohd Hoesni, Suzana and Chong, Sheau Tsuey and Ibrahim, Fauziah and Alavi, Khadijah (2011) A better understanding of the potential conflict between Christianity and homosexuality. World Applied Sciences Journal, 12. pp. 13-19. ISSN 1818-4952; ESSN: 1991-6426 https://www.idosi.org/wasj/wasj12(SPSHD)2011.htm |
| spellingShingle | Subhi, Nasrudin Geelan, David McMahon, M. Jusoff, Kamaruzaman Mohamad, Mohd Suhaimi Sarnon @ Kusenin, Norulhuda Nen, Salina Mohd Hoesni, Suzana Chong, Sheau Tsuey Ibrahim, Fauziah Alavi, Khadijah A better understanding of the potential conflict between Christianity and homosexuality |
| title | A better understanding of the potential conflict between Christianity and homosexuality |
| title_full | A better understanding of the potential conflict between Christianity and homosexuality |
| title_fullStr | A better understanding of the potential conflict between Christianity and homosexuality |
| title_full_unstemmed | A better understanding of the potential conflict between Christianity and homosexuality |
| title_short | A better understanding of the potential conflict between Christianity and homosexuality |
| title_sort | better understanding of the potential conflict between christianity and homosexuality |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/44565/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/44565/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/44565/1/A%20better%20understanding%20of%20the%20potential%20conflict%20between%20Christianity%20and%20homosexuality.pdf |