The Antigay Agenda: Orthodox Vision and the Christian Right

By Didi Herman

Book Overview

In The Antigay Agenda, Didi Herman probes the values, beliefs, and rhetoric of the organizations of the Christian Right. Tracing the emergence of their antigay agenda, Herman explores how and why these groups made antigay activity a top priority, and how it relates to their political history.

"A penetrating analysis of the Christian Right's antigay agenda and of how that agenda is derived from the Christian Right's peculiar vision of American history and the Christian faith."--Rev. Peter J. Gomes, Boston Book Review

"Public intellectualism at its best. . . . A comprehensive summary of the conservative Protestant worldview."--Michael Joseph Gross, Boston Phoenix Literary Section

"Presents considerable information not previously part of the nation's political discourse. . . . Herman] dissects the Christian Right's antigay stance dispassionately giving, as it were, the devil his due. For anyone on either side of this passionate and important conflict, that is an impressive accomplishment."--Hastings Wyman, Jr., Washington Post Book World

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226327647
• ISBN13: 9780226327648
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.0" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent exposé of the radical theocratic right

Thank you, Ms. Herman for writing this excellent book. The anti-gay agenda pursued by many religious conservatives deserves to be exposed for what it is: a campaign of hate, lies and deceit. The truth is that while there is no "homosexual agenda to destroy the American family", there is indeed a theocratic, anti-gay agenda to destroy gay and lesbian families. The organized effort by groups such as those mentioned in this work are a true threat not only to gay and lesbian civil rights but the civil rights of all Americans, as these same groups also strongly fight against reproductive choice, birth control, sex education, etc. While I can appreciate that some people base their anti-gay hate on scriptural sources, we must all understand that no one has the right to force their religion onto others or to demand that others conform to one religion's ideas of morality. If homosexuality makes you uncomfortable, or if you are taught to see it as a "sin" then there is a simple solution: don't have sex or become romantically involved with someone of your own sex! Otherwise shut up and leave the rest of us alone for a change, eh?

GREAT

A very well written and well informed book!

The Religious Right Revealed

This is a shocking expose of the conspiratorial networking of a broad array of religious fanatics who are striving to deny a significant portion of our citizenry their rights as human beings simply because of their desire to practice their individual and personal sexual preferences. This is a who's who of the personalities behind the multitude of America's extremist and cultic Christian fronts. It's a handy reference guide to those groups who have a hidden final solution for their intended victims.

Critical Review of Modern Issues

It is only through discussions and printed works that both sides of this issue can fully explain their positions and help those of us in the middle understand what are the underlying issues and points of contention. Without inflammatory rhetoric...the learned among us can have true discussions about the impact of both sides of this issue. It is only by reading this type of book that one can come away with a better understanding of the nature of the underlying issues related to homosexuality and the modern Church's opposition to it. Anyone who considers himself or herself to be against homosexuality would do well to truly research this subject and not just rely on theologians who would have you beleive that while the Bible calls for us to "love one another," that this call to action does not include homosexuals. This book will help one's understanding of how homosexuals view the Church and would be very helpful to all.

TELLS THE TRUTH!

My husband and I were thrilled to see this truth telling novel here up for sale. Its an unbelieveably good book. It exposes the anti-gay agenda and defines how the so called "christian" right oppresses others.