Queering Spiritual Formation, part 1

During the latter decades of the twentieth century and on into the present, two monumental…

The Queering Spirit, part 2

Queer Theology

The use of the word “queer” to describe a theology can be jarring at first glance. This word has an ambivalent history, with resonances of disgust, fear, and violence. But as gay theologian Gerard Loughlin points out…

Queering Spiritual Formation, part 5

Pastoring Queerly

The Queering Spirit, part 4

Directions for a Queer Pnuematology

The Queering Spirit, part 1

An exploration of Queer Pnuematology

Today, theology is increasingly tasked with listening to and holidng up the voices of previously marginalized persons. One of the most recent newcomers to this exploration is queer theology, a…

Queer. Formation.

Holding the tension of Christian spirituality and formation in the way of Jesus…

The Queering Spirit, part 3

Current Queer Pnuematology

What role, then, does the Holy Spirit play in queer theology? If, as noted above, we can describe the Spirit as the “queerest” of the Trinity, we might expect a significant consideration of the Spirit’s work in…

Telos and Metanarratives

Simplifying to the extreme, I define postmodern as incredulity towards metanarratives. — Jean-Francois Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition

Queering Spiritual Formation, part 3

Troubling Formation

Love is Queer Power

Why queer formation? Because only Love moves us forward.