Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-227) and index.
1. The New Cold War -- 2. Group Affiliations and Post-Consensus Politics -- Part 1. Religious and Sexual Diversity -- 3. Religious Views: Past and Present -- 4. Biblical Scholarship: Texts, Errors, and Methods -- 5. Textual Ambiguities and the Scriptures -- 6. The Theological Meaning of Sex -- Part 2. Science and Uncertainty -- 7. The Etiology of Homosexuality: Biology and/or Culture? -- 8. Diversity within Diversity: Postmodern Sexual Identities -- 9. Define "Illness": Rival Theories of Pathology and "Ex-Gay" Ministries -- Part 3. Politics and Sexual Diversity -- 10. Demonizing the Enemy -- 11. Gay Bashing and Social Control -- 12. Pluralism versus Dogma: Public Spaces and Private Beliefs