Desecration, Moral Boundaries, and the Movement of Law: The Case of Westboro Baptist Church

Title: Desecration, Moral Boundaries, and the Movement of Law: The Case of Westboro Baptist Church See all items with this value
Type: Academic research article
Creator: Joseph O. Baker, Christopher D. Bader, Kittye Hirsch
Date: 6 October 2014
Description: Using participant observation, in-depth interviews, and legislative histories, we examine Westboro Baptist Church, a religious group infamous for homophobic rhetoric and funeral protests. Employing cultural and interactionist perspectives that focus on the semiotics of death, the sacred, and desecration, we outline how Westboro’s activities purposively violate deeply held signifiers of moral order through language, while simultaneously respecting extant laws of behavior.
Format: Online, PDF; Link to DOI; Link to PDF
Language: English
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Online
Extent: 26 pages
Relation: Westboro Baptist Church
Subject: Analysis of Westboro violation of moral order and simultaneous respect for behavioral order.

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