Kennedy P, Whitlock M L
Gordon College, USA.
J Sex Marital Ther. 1997 Summer;23(2):140-53. doi: 10.1080/00926239708405315.
This research attempts to close the gap in the literature on clergy views of sexuality by surveying pastors of a large conservative evangelical denomination in a metropolitan southern California county (n = 31) on moral attitudes, understandings of God's view of sexuality, and the role of the church regarding issues of sexuality. These pastors held quite conservative moral principles while also affirming sensuality within the context of a marital relationship. Pastors saw the role of the church as mainly to serve and influence the sexual practices of the people within the church but also affirmed the church's involvement in the influence of the local community. Religion and sexuality were entirely compatible concepts for these pastors. Therapeutic implications and suggestions are offered.
本研究试图通过对南加州大都市一个县的一个大型保守福音派教派的31位牧师进行调查，了解他们在道德态度、对上帝关于性取向的看法以及教会在性取向问题上的作用等方面的观点，以填补神职人员对性取向看法的文献空白。这些牧师持有相当保守的道德原则，同时也肯定婚姻关系中的感官享受。牧师们认为教会的作用主要是服务和影响教会内人们的性行为，但也肯定教会参与对当地社区的影响。对这些牧师来说，宗教和性取向是完全相容的概念。文中还提出了治疗方面的启示和建议。
