Queering Christianity: Finding a Place at the Table for LGBTQI Christians
A fascinating read for anyone seeking to understand the conflict between Christianity and LGBTQI individuals, this book is, as its editors proclaim, "a fearlessly wide vision of queer Christians finding a place within Christianity—and claiming their authentic experience and voice."

Through essays by noted lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, and intersex (LGBTQI) religion scholars, this important compilation summarizes the history and current status of LGBTQI theology, exploring its relationship to the policies, practices, and theology of traditional Christianity. Contributors contrast the "radically inclusive" thinking of LGBTQI theology with the "exclusivity" practiced by many Christian churches, explaining the reasoning of each and clarifying contentious issues. At the same time, the book highlights ways in which "queer" theology and practice benefit Christian congregations.

Writing from the perspective of grassroots Christian LGBTQI movements, many of the contributors draw upon their own experiences. They provide graphic examples of the effects exclusion has on individuals, congregations, and denominations, and also share examples of inclusion and its effects. Equally important, the work creates the basis for dialogue between traditional churches and followers of LGBTQI theology, offering practical suggestions for Christian congregations that wish to put aside exclusionary policies and practices.
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Queering Christianity: Finding a Place at the Table for LGBTQI Christians
A fascinating read for anyone seeking to understand the conflict between Christianity and LGBTQI individuals, this book is, as its editors proclaim, "a fearlessly wide vision of queer Christians finding a place within Christianity—and claiming their authentic experience and voice."

Through essays by noted lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, and intersex (LGBTQI) religion scholars, this important compilation summarizes the history and current status of LGBTQI theology, exploring its relationship to the policies, practices, and theology of traditional Christianity. Contributors contrast the "radically inclusive" thinking of LGBTQI theology with the "exclusivity" practiced by many Christian churches, explaining the reasoning of each and clarifying contentious issues. At the same time, the book highlights ways in which "queer" theology and practice benefit Christian congregations.

Writing from the perspective of grassroots Christian LGBTQI movements, many of the contributors draw upon their own experiences. They provide graphic examples of the effects exclusion has on individuals, congregations, and denominations, and also share examples of inclusion and its effects. Equally important, the work creates the basis for dialogue between traditional churches and followers of LGBTQI theology, offering practical suggestions for Christian congregations that wish to put aside exclusionary policies and practices.
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A fascinating read for anyone seeking to understand the conflict between Christianity and LGBTQI individuals, this book is, as its editors proclaim, "a fearlessly wide vision of queer Christians finding a place within Christianity—and claiming their authentic experience and voice."

Through essays by noted lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, and intersex (LGBTQI) religion scholars, this important compilation summarizes the history and current status of LGBTQI theology, exploring its relationship to the policies, practices, and theology of traditional Christianity. Contributors contrast the "radically inclusive" thinking of LGBTQI theology with the "exclusivity" practiced by many Christian churches, explaining the reasoning of each and clarifying contentious issues. At the same time, the book highlights ways in which "queer" theology and practice benefit Christian congregations.

Writing from the perspective of grassroots Christian LGBTQI movements, many of the contributors draw upon their own experiences. They provide graphic examples of the effects exclusion has on individuals, congregations, and denominations, and also share examples of inclusion and its effects. Equally important, the work creates the basis for dialogue between traditional churches and followers of LGBTQI theology, offering practical suggestions for Christian congregations that wish to put aside exclusionary policies and practices.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798216134770
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 06/25/2013
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 432
File size: 949 KB
Age Range: 7 - 17 Years

About the Author

Robert E. Shore-Goss, ThD, is pastor of Metropolitan Community Church in the Valley, North Hollywood, CA. He received his doctorate from Harvard University in theology and comparative religions with a specialization in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism and Christianity.

Reverend Thomas Bohache, DMin, has been a pastor in the Metropolitan Community Churches for 25 years. He holds a doctorate in feminist liberation theologies from the Episcopal Divinity School.

Patrick S. Cheng, PhD, JD, is associate professor of historical and systematic theology at the Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, MA. Cheng holds a doctorate in systematic theology from Union Theological Seminary and a juris doctor from Harvard Law School.

Reverend Mona West, PhD, is director of formation and leadership development for Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC) and was affirmed as an Elder in MCC in 2012. She earned a doctorate in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament from Southern Seminary and also holds a certificate in spiritual formation from Columbia Seminary.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Queering the Table
Robert E. Shore-Goss
At the Open Table Café
Douglas Smith
Part I. Radically Inclusive Models of God
Patrick S. Cheng
1. Faithful to a Very Queer-Acting God, Who Is Always Up to Something New
Robin H. Gorsline
2. Cur Deus Homo[sexual]: The Queer Incarnation
Patrick S. Cheng
3. Grace Is Green: Green Incarnational Inclusivities
Robert E. Shore-Goss
4. The Transgendered Christ
Megan More
5. The Holy Spirit as Mischief-Maker
Robert E. Shore-Goss
Part II. Opening the Body of Christ
Thomas Bohache
6. Can We Sex This? Eroticizing Divinity and Humanity
Thomas Bohache
7. Reinterpreting Baptism: An Ongoing Dialogue
Bryce E. Rich
8. Toward a Church of Radical Christmas: The Open Communion in MCC and Its Ecclesiological Consequences
Axel Schwaigert
9. Beyond the Open Table: Queering Holy Communion
Rachelle Brown
10. Innovations in Queer Theology: Embodying MCC's Open Communion through Theatre of the Oppressed
Kerri Mesner
11. Communion: Playing with Redemption
Nic Arnzen with the Cast and Friends of Corpus Christi
12. Bodhisattva Christianity: A Case of Multiple Religious Belonging
Robert E. Shore-Goss
13. Unzipping Church: Is There Room for Everyone?
Thomas Bohache
Part III. Opening the Table Pastorally
Mona West
14. Pastoral Care of Transgendered Youth
Joseph Shore-Goss
15. Putting on Wedding Drag: Pastoral Care for Healing and Wholeness in the Queer Congregation
Joan M. Saniuk
16. An Inclusive Table: Same-Sex Marriage
Neil Thomas
17. Coming to the Table in Leather
Lea Brown
18. Queer Lectio Divina
Mona West
19. Spiritual Companioning: The Art of Being Present to the Spiritual Traveler and Lighting the Path
Joseph Shore-Goss
20. Queer Hymnody: Celebrating Lesbian and Gay Poets and Composers
Jim Mitulski, Donna Hamilton, and Nancy Hall
About the Editors and Contributors
Index

What People are Saying About This

Kwok Pui-lan

"A splendid and courageous volume, offering both astute theological insights and practical pastoral advice. Not just for queers, but also for affirming congregations and straight Christians, who want to taste the promise of the open and inclusive table."

Mark D. Jordan

"Welcome to a feast with open doors, to the extravagant potluck of queer theology no longer barred from the table! Here is theology boldly, jubilantly in progress—making new words to decribe, to celebrate, and to carry on what God has been doing where God wasn't even supposed to be."

Susannah Cornwall

"This vibrant, playful, inquisitive collection makes clear that queer Christian theologies concern not just sexuality and gender but also liturgy, pastoral care, ecology, and other aspects of Christian life. The contributors’ passionate belief in practicing faith in community means that they speak with a range of distinct voices, united by a characteristically MCC-flavoured commitment to truth-telling, openness, justice and love. The volume will stimulate conversations among Christians and other people of faith about how best to live queerly faithful (and faithfully queer) lives for years to come. "

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