Christian Privilege: Breaking a Sacred Taboo

Schlosser, Lewis Z.

doi:10.1002/j.2161-1912.2003.tb00530.x

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“…Although our field attends to multiculturalism, such attention has not always fully included religionspirituality (Schlosser, 2003). As we train students to incorporate other multicultural factors in therapy effectively (e.g., race, age, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation), we need also to educate them to explore the impact of clients' and therapists' religious-spiritual orientation on therapy content and process.…”

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Addressing religion and spirituality in psychotherapy: clients’ perspectives1

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Psychotherapy Research

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Twelve adult clients described the role of religion and spirituality in their lives and in therapy as a whole, as well as their specific experiences of discussing religious-spiritual topics in individual outpatient psychotherapy with nonreligiously affiliated therapists. Data were analyzed using Consensual Qualitative Research (CQR; Hill, Thompson, & Williams, 1997). Results indicated that clients were regularly involved in religious-spiritual activities, usually did not know the religious-spiritual orientation of their therapists, but often found them open to such discussions. Specific helpful discussions of NOT THE PUBLISHED VERSION; this is the author's final, peer-reviewed manuscript. The published version may be accessed by following the link in the citation at the bottom of the page.Psychotherapy Research, Vol. 15, No. 3 (July 2005): pg. 287-303. DOI. This article is © Taylor & Francis (Routledge) and permission has been granted for this version to appear in e-Publications@Marquette. Taylor & Francis (Routledge) does not grant permission for this article to be further copied/distributed or hosted elsewhere without the express permission from Taylor & Francis (Routledge).2 religion-spirituality were often begun by clients in the 1st year of therapy, were related to clients' presenting concerns, were facilitated by therapists' openness, and yielded positive effects. Specific unhelpful discussions were raised equally by clients and therapists early in therapy, made clients feel judged, and evoked negative effects. Implications for practice and research are addressed.Outpatient psychotherapy clients report a desire to discuss religious or spiritual topics in their therapy, and many also indicate that religion and spirituality are of central importance to their healing and growth (Rose, Westefeld, & Ansley, 2001). Given the profession's historical ambivalence toward matters of religion and spirituality, however, much remains to be learned regarding how these conversations may be rendered beneficial to clients. Such is the focus of the current study.We begin with some definitions, about which we acknowledge that full agreement has not been reached (Pargament, 1999). Religion, from the Latin religare, meaning ''to bind together or to express concern' ' (Fukuyama & Sevig, 1999), has been defined as an organizing system of faith, worship, rituals, and tradition (Worthington, 1988, as cited in Fukuyama & Sevig, 1999. Religion may thus offer structure and community to one's personal sense of spiritual connection. In contrast, spirituality, from the Latin spiritus, meaning ''breath, courage, vigor, or life'' (Ingersoll, 1994), is a phenomenon unique to the individual and has been defined as the ''breath'' that animates life or a sense of connection to oneself, others, and that which is beyond self and others (e.g., the transcendent, God 1 , universal energy, love). Although spirituality is an individual construct, denoting a personal relationship with the transcendent, religion is a social construct bespeaki...

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“…Sexton and Whiston (1994) indicated that the therapeutic alliance is strengthened by an open and accepting counselor attitude. Counselor educators and supervisors should strive to focus on all aspects of multiculturalism, including religion and spirituality (Levitt & Balkin, 2003;Schlosser, 2003) in training counseling professionals.…”

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Religious Identity and Cultural Diversity: Exploring the Relationships Between Religious Identity, Sexism, Homophobia, and Multicultural Competence

Balkin

Schlosser

Levitt

2009

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In this article, the authors present the results from a national study investigating the relationships between religious identity, sexism, homophobia, and multicultural competence. Participants were 111 randomly sampled counseling professionals and graduate students. The results indicated a relationship between religious identity and various aspects of valuing cultural diversity, including sexism, homophobia, and multicultural competence. Implications of the role of religion and religious identity in counseling are discussed, and suggestions for future research are provided.

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“…In the United States, Christianity is the predominant religion, and therefore has a greater impact on American culture and sociopolitical beliefs than any other religion (Schlosser, 2003). Based on the religiously-based homonegative messages in some Christian faiths, gays and lesbians continue to experience oppression and rejection (Borgman, 2009;Schlosser, 2003).…”

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“…Based on the religiously-based homonegative messages in some Christian faiths, gays and lesbians continue to experience oppression and rejection (Borgman, 2009;Schlosser, 2003). As previously mentioned, some Christian denominations and organizations continue to use Leviticus and the story of Sodom among other scripture to condemn same-sex behaviors.…”

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Influence of Intersecting Identities on Acceptance, Disclosure, and Internalized Homonegativity

Lytle¹

2013

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The mentor and any other committee members who wish to review revisions will sign and date this document only when revisions have been completed. Please return this form to the Office of Graduate Studies, where it will be placed in the candidate's file and submit a copy with your final dissertation to be bound as page number two. THE INFLUENCE OF INTERSECTING IDENTITIES ON ACCEPTANCE, DISCLOSURE, AND INTERNALIZED HOMONEGA TIVITY The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of intersecting identities on the levels of acceptance concern, disclosure, and internalized homonegativity experienced by gay and lesbian individuals. The majority of identity research has explored a range of identities, usually in pairs (i.e., sexual orientation and racial/ethnic identity); however, few studies have included religion when examining the intersection of multiple salient identities. Therefore, this study addressed how religious and racial/ethnic identities impact an individual's acceptance concern, level of outness, and her or his level of internalized homonegativity. ABSTRACTGay and lesbian Christians, Jews, Muslims, and individuals from other religions from diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds participated. The results of the study were mixed in that some of the hypotheses were supported whereas other findings were unanticipated.The findings of this study revealed that Jewish participants had lower levels of acceptance concern and internalized homonegativity than Muslims, and Jews had higher levels of outness than Christian and Muslim participants. Further, religious identity had a significant effect on the levels of acceptance concern after controlling for religiosity, whereas the level of internalized homonegativity and outness remained the same.Racial/ethnic identity had a significant effect on the level of internalized homonegativity (greater for the Black, Latino/a, Asian, and Native American Combined Group in comparison to White participants) after controlling for level of racial/ethnic identity. IThe level of religiosity did not impact the participant's level of acceptance concern and unexpectedly, racial/ethnic identity was inversely related to the level of acceptance concern. In addition, higher levels of religiosity impacted the participant's level of internalized homonegativity whereas unexpectedly the level of racial/ethnic identity was inversely related to the level of homo negativity. Lastly, the levels of religiosity unexpectedly had significant and direct relationships to the predicted higher level of outness whereas the level of racial/ethnic identity did not impact the participant's disclosure level.This was the first study to investigate the influence of intersecting identities on the levels of acceptance concern, disclosure, and internalized homonegativity experienced by gays and lesbians from diverse religious and ethnic backgrounds. The implications of this study for practice, research, training, and advocacy were addressed.

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Christian Privilege: Breaking a Sacred Taboo

Cited by 110 publications

References 7 publications

Addressing religion and spirituality in psychotherapy: clients’ perspectives1

Addressing religion and spirituality in psychotherapy: clients’ perspectives1

Religious Identity and Cultural Diversity: Exploring the Relationships Between Religious Identity, Sexism, Homophobia, and Multicultural Competence

Influence of Intersecting Identities on Acceptance, Disclosure, and Internalized Homonegativity

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