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 […]
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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 […]
Ehud and King Eglon – A Queer Reading
Judges 3:12-30 accounts for the triumph of a Ehud, a Benjaminite, over King Eglon of Moab through an act of deception. However, three distinct elements […]
Leviticus 18:22 – A Queer Hermeneutical Analysis
This blog entry addresses the problematic translation of Leviticus 18:22, a verse commonly used as a “clobber passage” to justify prejudice against LGBTQIA people. A […]
The UMC and Same Sex Marriage
I was walking across the campus of Southern Methodist University today. On the sidewalk, I passed a mother pushing her young male child in a […]
Rahab the Prostitute – A Postcolonial Perspective
Conservative interpreters present Rahab, a character in Joshua 2 as a celebrated figure of faith and conversion. A queer, postcolonial interpretation merits consideration. Rahab is […]
Queering Hosea
Queering Hosea via Genesis – A Genderqueer discussion of the marriage metaphor This blog presents a genderqueer analysis of the marriage metaphor in Hosea by […]