Academic Articles

 

Lindemann, A. (1995). “Do not let a woman destroy the unborn babe in her belly'’ abortion in ancient Judaism and Christianity. Studia Theologica - Nordic Journal of Theology, 49(2). 253-271.

 

Newman, B. S. (2002). Lesbians, gays and religion.  Journal of lesbian studies, 6(3-4), 87-98.

 

Schuck, K. D. & Liddle, B. J. (2001). Religious Conflicts Experienced by Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Individuals. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy, 5(2), 63-82.

 

(8) Westerfield, E. M. (2012). Transgender peoples' experiences of religion and spirituality. North Dakota State University, 1-75.

 

Wilcox, M. M. (2002).  When Sheila's a Lesbian: Religious Individualism among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Christians. Sociology of Religion, 63(4), 497-513.

 

Academic Books

 

Detweiler, Craig and Barry Taylor. (2003). A Matrix of Meanings: Finding God in Pop Culture. Grand Rapids, Mich: Baker Academic.

 

Forbes, Bruce, Mahan, and Jeffrey. (2000). Religion and Pop Culture in America. Berkeley, CA: The University of California Press

 

(1) ​Haggerty, G. (1999). Encyclopedia of Gay Histories and Cultures: Volume 2.  Routledge.

 

Newman, J. (Ed.). (1996). Religion vs. television: competitors in cultural context (Google eBook) Retrieved from http://books.google.ca/books?id=ctaDLjTi7lEC&source=gbs_navlinks_s

 

Internet Sources

 

Allen, S. (2014, June 13). How 'Orange Is the New Black' tokenizes transgender people. Retrieved from http://www.dailydot.com/opinion/oitnb-tokenizing-transgender-laverne-cox/

 

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(14) Author Unknown. Muslim attitudes towards drugs. Retrieved on March 5, 2015 from http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/rs/sanctity/isdrugsrev2.shtml

 

(13) Author Unknown (1999, July 27). Alternative sexuality. Retrieved from http://www.tangledmoon.org/sexuality.htm

 

(12) Bahá’u’lláh (1992). The Kitáb-i-Aqdas. Retrieved from http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/KA/ka-4.html#gr19

 

(10) Barford, V (2008, February 25). Iran’s ‘diagnosed transsexuals’. Retrieved from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7259057.stm

 

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Chellew-Hodge, C. (2013, August 20). The Religious Right’s New Target: Transgender People. Retrieved from http://religiondispatches.org/the-religious-rights-new-target-transgender-people/

 

Helminiak, D. A. (2012, May 15). My Take: What the Bible really says about homosexuality. Retrieved from                 http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/15/my-take-what-the-bible-really-says-about-  homosexuality/

 

(4) Holdaway, X. (2014, June 3). “Orange Is the New Black” and the Difficulty of Portraying Prison Religion. Retrieved from http://religionandpolitics.org/2014/06/03/orange-is-the-new-black-and-the-difficulty-of-portraying-prison-religion/

 

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Leonard, L. (2014, July 21). The Stereotypical Christians of 'Orange Is the New Black'. Retrieved from             http://www.christianitytoday.com/women/2014/july/stereotypical-christians-of-orange-is-new-black.html?paging=off

 

McClay, B. D. (2013, August 16). How “Orange Is the New Black” Fails on Religion. Retrieved from                 http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/how-orange-is-the-new-black-fails-on-religion/

 

PewResearchCenter (2012, December 7). Religious Groups’ Official Positions on Same-Sex Marriage. Retrieved from http://www.pewforum.org/2012/12/07/religious-groups-official-positions-on-same-sex-marriage/

 

(6) Reed, N. (2012, March 6). A Beginner’s Guide To Trans-Misogyny. Retrieved from http://freethoughtblogs.com/nataliereed/2012/03/06/a-beginners-guide-to-trans-misogyny/

 

(2) Robinson, B.A. (2005, November 13). The Alliance of Baptists and LGBT topics. Retrieved from http://www.religioustolerance.org/homalbapt.htm

 

(7) Robinson, B.A. (2011, April 19). Status of, causes of, & cures for, transsexuality according to the Roman Catholic Church. Retrieved from http://www.religioustolerance.org/transsexu15.htm

 

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(11) Winter, Ruth (1967, September 8). Sex exploitation is big business to Americans. Retrieved from http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lxczAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jzIHAAAAIBAJ&pg=6938,5650941&dq=&hl=en