A heteronormative, Baptist theology promotes the idea that people in the queer community are perverse, contaminated, and too countercultural to be worthy of the love […]
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Queering King David
In the narratives in 1 and 2 Samuel, King David had relationships with many women, including six wives and a number of concubines. Only […]
The Nature of Unnatural Sex: Romans 1:26b-27
Frequently, non-affirming Christians quote Rom. 1:26b-27 to condemn the LGBTQI+ communities. The NRSV translates this passage: “Their women exchanged natural intercourse for unnatural, and in […]
Is It Clobbering Time? The Ambiguity of Lev. 18:22
In the debates about the current splintering of the United Methodist Church (UMC), Methodists consider many factors, centering on the issue of the ordination of […]
On the Intersection of Womanist Queer Theory + the Imago Dei + Kendrick Lamar
In the sultry sounds of Kendrick Lamar’s newest album, ‘Mr. Morale and Big Steppers,’ Lamar takes listeners through a highly spiritual and seemingly religious set […]
Post-Way-Forward Gathering for UM Scholars
Post-Way-Forward Gathering for UM Scholars August 7-8, 2019 in Dallas, Texas https://www.umscholars.org/ In the wake of the passing of the Traditional Plan continuing to prohibit […]
Risk: Queer Virtue
The Path of Queer Virtue: Risk “In 2012, the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) documented more than two thousand incident of hate violence against […]
The Path of Queer Virtue: Identity
“Proclaiming our inherent value requires that we recognize, name, and celebrate our identity as queer people. That is, shifting the focus from the external disapprobation […]