Queer/Religion
Introduction One of the first, and arguably most significant, moments when queerness and religion intersected in my life, was during a conversation I had with my mother’s oldest sister in the summer of 2001. Aunt Mary was our family’s matriarch and religious authority, and she is credited with ushering many of my family members into … Read more
Queer theoretical work has contributed to conceptual and contextual shifts in academic discourse. The discipline of religion is being challenged, certainly in the ways it has been constituted in its modern academic version, by what current queer studies bring to the discussion. Likewise, what emerges as proper object of study for queer scholarship on gender … Read more
Some preliminary musings on queer theory and religion: I am thinking about the relationships that queer theories have to religious studies and to theological studies. While queer theoretical approaches have been exceedingly productive in historical and textual pursuits across many disciplines—including historical readings and textual analyses in religion (Mark Jordan’s work stands out here, among … Read more
IN THIS ISSUE Introduction: At the Intersection of Queer Studies and Religion by Elizabeth A. Castelli About this Issue by Tami Navarro PART 1 Theories and Theologies Religion’s Queer Comeback? Some Preliminary Questions by Laurel C. Schneider Queer Concerns: Toward a More Un-Disciplined Study of Religion by Claudia Schippert Queer Studies and Religion: Methodologies of … Read more
