Public Deliberation about Gay Rights in Religious Contexts: Commitment to Deliberative Norms and Practice in ELCA Congregations
Public Deliberation about Gay Rights in Religious Contexts: Commitment to Deliberative Norms and Practice in ELCA Congregations
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关于宗教背景下同性恋权利的公开审议：对 ELCA 会众审议规范和实践的承诺
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2013
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Laura R. Olson
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Paul A. Djupe;Laura R. Olson
许多政治理论家都赞扬商议在调和意见分歧和防止群体分裂方面的优点。2009年8月21日，美国福音路德教会（ELCA）以微弱优势投票推翻了长期以来的政策，允许有固定关系的同性恋者公开担任神职人员。在这个决定之后，许多会众开始考虑离开这个教派。我们在2009年秋季和2010年春季对ELCA神职人员进行了抽样调查，以评估他们对审议规范和实践的承诺，他们在旨在讨论ELCA投票的会众会议上实施这些实践，以及那些或多或少审议论坛的结果。我们发现对审议实践本身和对这种实践的效力的信念都有相当大的承诺。尽管人们认为宗教教义和公共审议是不相容的，但宗教组织往往发现审议过程对它们的生存至关重要。
Many political theorists extol the virtues of deliberation in efforts to reconcile differences in opinion and prevent group fracture. On August 21, 2009, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) voted narrowly to reverse standing policy by allowing gay and lesbian people in committed relationships to serve openly as clergy. In the aftermath of this decision, numerous congregations began thinking about leaving the denomination. We surveyed a sample of ELCA clergy in the fall of 2009 and spring 2010 to assess their commitment to deliberative norms and practice, their implementation of such practices in congregational meetings designed to discuss the ELCA’s vote, and the outcomes of those more or less deliberative forums. We found considerable commitment both to deliberative practice itself and belief in the efficacy of such practice. Despite the assumption that religious doctrine and public deliberation are incompatible, religious organizations often find deliberative processes essential to their survival.