@article{1492707,
      recid = {1492707},
      author = {Roeber, A. G.},
      title = {Orthodox Christians and the Rights Revolution in America  /},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      abstract = {A distinctive and unrivaled examination of North American  Eastern Orthodox Christians and their encounter with the  rights revolution in a pluralistic American society.From  the civil rights movement of the 1950s to the "culture  wars" of North America, commentators have identified the  partisans bent on pursuing different "rights" claims. When  religious identity surfaces as a key determinant in how the  pursuit of rights occurs, both "the religious right" and  "liberal" believers remain the focus of how each  contributes to making rights demands. How Ortho­dox  Christians in North America have navigated the "rights  revolution," however, remains largely unknown. From the  disagreements over the rights of the First Peoples of  Alaska to arguments about the rights of transgender  persons, Orthodox Christians have engaged an anglo-American  legal and constitutional rights tradition. But they see  rights claims through the lens of an inherited focus on the  dignity of the human person.In a pluralistic society and  culture, Orthodox Christians, both converts and those with  family roots in Orthodox countries, share with non-Orthodox  fellow citizens the challenge of reconcil­ing conflicting  rights claims. Those claims do pit "religious liberty"  rights claims against perceived dangers from outside the  Orthodox Church. But internal disagreements about the  rights of clergy and people within the Church accompany the  Orthodox Christian engagement with debates over gender,  sex, and marriage as well as expanding political, legal,  and human rights claims. Despite their small numbers, North  American Orthodox remain highly visible and their struggles  influential among the more than 280 million Orthodox  worldwide. Orthodox Christians and the Rights Revolu­tion  in America offers an historical analysis of this unfolding  story.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1492707},
}