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work_f2nswglhpjcn5omtxfergduepi	William P. Boyce	"Abusers of Themselves with Mankind": On the Constitutive Necessity of Abuse in Evangelical Sex Manuals	2021	15	.pdf	application/pdf	10006	762	53	American evangelical Christians interpret so-called divergent lifestyles and their origins by associating queer sexualities with abuse*, despite its lack of any consistent or coherent definition. will turn to two popular US evangelical Christian sex manuals from "The Every Man Series." Doing so will reveal how the category of abuse* operates as a positive and inescapably core reality on the underside of the narrative. The authors of both evangelical sex manuals present homosexuality as a path-dependent condition of abuse*. pathway counseled by an evangelical interpretation of Scripture.21 In both texts, the journey of transformation around abuse* involves "godly" diagnosis, therapeutic examination, and restoration or rebirth for persons with queer desires. On the other hand, the eradication of queer desire does not comport with the experiences of many readers of US evangelical sex manuals, whether from "The Every Man Series" or from other purity culture authors like those mentioned previously. Available online: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/05/31/feature/the-epidemic-of-denialabout-sexual-abuse-in-the-evangelical-church/ (accessed on 1 December 2020).	./cache/work_f2nswglhpjcn5omtxfergduepi.pdf	./txt/work_f2nswglhpjcn5omtxfergduepi.txt