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…
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…
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…
Wittgenstein told us that we were under the influence of a picture, one repeated to us endlessly by our own language. He had in mind a certain image of knowledge, representationalism (and related, correspondence), where “inside” images/ideas/beliefs are true if they…
A tension I think we should address early in this discussion (and return to again and again): there is a…
Simplifying to the extreme, I define postmodern as incredulity towards metanarratives. — Jean-Francois Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition
Formation into Discernment
Pastoring Queerly
