One month on, there has been no attempt from the Vatican to contest or refute a suggestion by Cardinal Christoph Schonborn that it is time for the Church to move beyond focussing on homosexual “acts”, to an examination of the relationships.
Tag Archive for Lesbian & Gay Theology
Queer in Faith: Some Links
I can say clearly that with Hans Kung I am no longer a Roman Catholic — I am a universal Christian catholic in union with the Holy Spirit. I belong to that union of believers who practice the way of…
Homoerotic Spirituality
Jesus Christ, in His recorded words, said nothing at all about sex. Indeed, He spoke against adultery – which in Jewish eyes was a sin against a man’s ‘property’ (as women were viewed), not against sex. He spoke against lust…
Books Update
As my books coverage has been expanding, I have been revising the organisation of these pages. Rather than trying to organise simply in terms of my personal preferences, I am now attempting to provide more comprehensive listings, with indications from…
The Perversion of Heterosexuality.
Theologian Sally Gearhart has written: “Exclusive heterosexuality has to be understood as a perversion of [humanity's] natural state. We very quickly rob infants of their health and wholesomeness. We require them from birth to fall into one of two widely…
Gospel Reflections
Numerous writers have excellent Gospel reflections – fewer write specifically from an LGBT perspective. I would recommend that you develop your own personal ones – but this is not so easy if you are new to it. To get you…
Sharing our Stories
In Redemptive Intimacy, Dick Westley argues persuasively that revelation is constantly being unfolded for us by the Holy Spirit, and that one way that the church can interpret this continuing revelation for our times is by listening carefully to our personal…
The Gospels’ Queer Values.
The opponents of gay same-sex marriage and of the “gay lifestyle” (whatever that is), like to claim that their opposition is rooted in traditional family values, “as found in the Bible.” This claim is so completely spurious, is is remarkable…
Uproar on Oprah: God’s Gay Gift
I was going to list this originally as just an oddball news item, but in fact it raises some big issues, so I held back, gave it some serious reflection, and can now comment. First, the bare facts. A little…
“Christianity is a Queer Thing” – Elizabeth Stuart
I have been re-reading Elisabeth Stuart’s wonderful “Gay & Lesbian Theologies: Repetitions With Critical Difference“, which presents a ‘genealogy’ of the changing approaches by self-identified lesbian & gay theologians, culminating in the last two chapters with a discussion of “Queer…
