Description |
xiv, 181 pages ; 24 cm. |
Series |
Queer action/queer ideas.
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Contents |
The path of queer virtue -- On the inherent queerness of Christianity -- Identity -- Risk -- Touch -- Scandal -- Adoption -- A priestly people -- Pride -- Coming out -- Authenticity -- Hospitality -- A wild, reckless dream of love. |
Summary |
LGBTQ people are a gift to the Church and have the potential to revitalize Christianity. Frustrated by the notion that zChristian love = tolerance,y Edman argues that Christianity, at its scriptural core, is not a tradition that is hostile to queer people but is, in fact, itself inherently queer. Edman reveals how zqueeringy Christianitythat is, disrupting simplistic ways of thinking about gender and sexualitycan illuminate contemporary Christian faith and shows why queer Christians are gifts to the Church. |
Subject |
Queer theology.
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Sex -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Queer theory.
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Christianity.
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ISBN |
9780807061343 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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0807061344 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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