Queer theology: beyond apologetics

What do Christianity and queerness have to do with each other? Can Christianity be queered? Queer Theology offers a readable introduction to a difficult debate. Summarizing the various apologetic arguments for the inclusion of queer people in Christianity, Tonstad moves beyond inclusion to argue for...

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Main Author: Tonstad, Linn Marie 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Eugene, Oregon Cascade Books [2018]
In:Year: 2018
Reviews:[Rezension von: Tonstad, Linn Marie, 1978-, Queer theology] (2020) (Crawford, Jason B.)
Series/Journal:Cascade companions 46
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Queer theology / Sexual orientation / Religion / Christianity / Sexuality / Sexual identity / Theology / Homosexuality / Sexual deviation
Further subjects:B Queer Theology
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:What do Christianity and queerness have to do with each other? Can Christianity be queered? Queer Theology offers a readable introduction to a difficult debate. Summarizing the various apologetic arguments for the inclusion of queer people in Christianity, Tonstad moves beyond inclusion to argue for a queer theology that builds on the interconnection of theology with sex and money. Thoroughly grounded in queer theory as well as in Christian theology, Queer Theology grapples with the fundamental challenges of the body, sex, and death, as these are where queerness and Christianity find (and, maybe, lose) each other
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (159 Seiten)
ISBN:9781498218801