Doctoral Dissertation Research: Roads to the Promised Land: Gay and Lesbian Religious Movements and Collective Identity Formation

小行星9633477 这个论文改进项目探讨了同性恋社区教会在旧金山弗朗西斯科的出现，成长和活动，以及它与更大的旧金山弗朗西斯科同性恋运动和社区的关系。 本案例研究将推进社会学分析和理解社会运动，宗教和集体认同之间的相互联系。 研究采用了多种定性方法，包括半结构化访谈，参与者观察和档案/文件分析。 它试图填补关于男女同性恋宗教社区的社会学文献中的一个经验空白，并将检验一个一般假设，即男女同性恋宗教参与和组织与更大的男女同性恋社区互动，促进创造新的个人和集体身份，从而提高参与者的个人和集体效能感和赋权感。

9633477 Erikson This Dissertation Improvement project examines the emergence, growth and activities of a gay/lesbian community church in San Francisco and its relationship to the larger San Francisco gay/lesbian movement and community. This case study will advance sociological analysis and understanding of the interconnections among social movements, religion, and collective identity. The research employs a variety of qualitative methods, including semi-structured interviews, participant observation, and archival/document analysis. It seeks to fill an empirical gap in the sociological literature on gay and lesbian religious communities and will test the general hypothesis that gay and lesbian religious participation and organizations, in interaction with the larger gay and lesbian community, facilitate the creation of new personal and collective identities, and thereby increase participants' sense of personal and collective efficacy and empowerment.