Christians are too often stereotyped as hypocrites obsessed with sex — and the political battles have helped propel that thinking, argues Matthew Bowman in a new Op-Ed.
Believers are too often stereotyped as hypocrites obsessed with sex — and the political battles have helped propel that thinking.
The film falls into the hoary stereotype of portraying religious people as puritanical hypocrites obsessed with sex, and religious organizations as basically corrupt. This omnipresent cliché characterizes much representation of religion in the modern media. It is largely blind to the spiritual power that draws Americans who find value in devotion into the act of worship; it reduces religion to a reductionist caricature.
More than anywhere else, the religious right has taken the field on questions of sexuality. For years, its leaders have rallied voters on the issue of abortion and, more recently, on sexual orientation. But they have also supported conservative politics more generally, associating Christianity with deregulation of business or increased military budgets.
According to Campbell and Putnam, this is due — at least in part — to the success of the religious right at identifying Christianity with conservative politics. Many young people who support same-sex marriage or worry about climate change are often faced with “cognitive dissonance,” a phrase popular among online communities of ex-Latter-day Saints.
Advocates of the religious right argue — with some justification — that, in fact, Christianity has been concerned with sexuality since New Testament times. The Gospels record Jesus commenting on marriage. The Apostle Paul was deeply suspicious of sexual intercourse, particularly outside marriage.
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