Christianity, Globalization, and Protective Homophobia Democratic Contestation of Sexuality in Sub-Saharan Africa /

• Main Author: Kaoma, Kapya (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Africa-Politics and government.; Gender identity-Religious aspects.; Religion and sociology.; African Politics.; Religion and Gender.; Sociology of Religion.

This book examines how socio-political assumptions inform and shape the contestation of sexuality on the African continent. Across Africa, the idea that homosexuality is un-African, un-Christian, un-natural, and un-cultural is now well established. This book analyzes politically- and religiously-ins...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Is Homosexuality an African or unAfrican Human Rights Issue?
• 2. Contesting the Sexual: Sexuality in an African Context
• 3. Contesting Religion: African Religious Leaders in Sexual Politics 
• 4. Contesting Global Culture: Globalization and Sexual Politics in sub-Saharan Africa
• 5. Contesting Identity:  Democratic Human Rights and Sexual Politics
• 6. Contesting Sovereignty: Protective homophobia and International Relations
• 7. Contesting the Biblical Adam and Eve Narrative: Jesus on Sexual Diversity
• 8. A Dance of Many Tunes.