religious media and black women's sexuality
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Moultrie, Monique
- Publish Year
- 2017
- Shelfmark
- VS 3 2017 - B
- Thesaurus
- seksualiteit, LHBT, religie, zwarte vrouwen, Verenigde Staten, 21e eeuw
- Description
- Moultrie explores the impact of faith-based sexual ministries on black women's sexual agency to trace how these women navigate sexuality, religious authority and their spiritual walk with God. Providing churchwomen a space to discuss these issues, these popular ministries exist largely beyond the traditional church, with dialogues about sex taking place in chat rooms and through text messages and social media. Moultrie foregrounds a televangelist construction of the black Christian sexual identity these ministries promote while emphasizing how women reconcile these identities with their individual experiences. What does it mean for senior women to exercise sexual agency when their church standing could be questioned? What does celibacy mean for women who experience same-sex desire while believing that such desire goes against God's will?