A book review by Melanie Springer Mock in Anabaptist World, dated 19 March 2021, of James A. Cates's "Serpent in the Garden: Amish Sexuality in a Changing World," quoting its finding that there is no openly gay Amish subgroup and that the Amish effort to maintain a heteronormative standard is part of a larger, longstanding effort to retain their way of life, with personal identity subsumed to the group.
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An Anabaptist-tradition publication independent of the Amish specifically (the Amish do not publish their own outlets), reviewing and directly quoting an academic press monograph. NotesCited for the Amish sexuality-position, the reading source for the Cates monograph's argument.
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PublisherAnabaptist World
Publication Year2021
URLhttps://anabaptistworld.org/a-respectful-study-of-amish-sexuality/
Source Typejournalism
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This source names Amish directly: "Cates's "Serpent in the Garden: Amish Sexuality in a Changing World," quoting its finding that there is no openly gay Amish subgroup and that the Amish effort to maintain a heteronormative standard..."
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