For queer Christians attempting for the first time to resolve the apparent contradiction between their sexual or gender identity and Christian belief, the first hurdle is likely to be dealing with the popular perception that their ideas are clearly and…
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Pride Parade, Pride Mass: Reclaim the Rainbow.
Rainbows are everywhere during the season of Pride, as giant flags, painted on cheeks, as lapel pins, in clothing and hair – and at the altar for our Soho Pride Mass. Gazing at our flag over the lectern and ribbons…
Queer Theology as “Radical Love”- Patrick Cheng
Gay and lesbian theology has been around as a distinctive sub-discipline of theology for several decades. Later, Queer Theology developed with its own distinctive identity, as Stuart describes in “Gay & Lesbian Theologies: Repetitions With Critical Difference“, a book I…
“Practicing Safer Texts”: The Bible and Sexuality, Homosexuality
As gay men, we all know about the importance of practicing safe sex. When it comes to the Bible and sexuality, especially homosexuality, Ken Stone says we must practice safe texts, too. I regret that I have not yet had a…
Put Christ Back Into Christianity: Robert Goss’ Queer Theology – Renewing Christianity
In her account of the historical development of gay and lesbian/ queer theology, Elisabeth Stuart says that the weakness of both the gay liberationist and the feminist/lesbian approaches is that by working from the basis of real life experience of…
Coming Out as a Religious Obligation: Micah and Justice.
When I was reading some biographical notes recently about the Argentinian theologian Marcella Althaus-Reid, I was interested to note that she began her career working for the church among the poor of Buenos Aires, applying the techniques of liberation theology…
The Queer Lesson of Nehemiah: “Rebuild God’s Church!”
Through the fog of millenia, foreign language, and unfamiliar cultural contexts, it is easy for Christians in the twenty first century to miss the specific relevance of some passages in Scripture, especially the books of the “minor prophets” in the…
Water into Wine: Rereading the Wedding Feast at Cana.
Yesterday I dipped into two books, and found ideas that amplified each other with powerful effect, especially in the current context of advances for marriage equality and the bishops’ opposition. “Take Back the Word” (ed Robert Goss) is a compilation…
Books: Where to Begin?
One of the best ways to prepare oneself for the onslaught of religion-based hostility is to read some of the very many books on the subject that have emerged over the last thirty years or so. But with such a…
