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There are those who go to gay bars and salsa clubs with rosaries in their pockets, and who make camp chapels of their living rooms. Others enter churches with love letters hidden in their bags, because their need for God and their need for love refuse to fit into different compartments. But what goodness and righteousness can prevail if you are in love with someone whom you are ecclesiastically not supposed to love? Where is God in a salsa bar? The Queer God introduces a new theology from the margins of sexual deviance and economic exclusion. Its chapters on bisexual theology, Sadean holiness, gay worship in Brazil and queer sainthood mark the search for a different face of God - the Queer God who challenges the oppressive powers of heterosexual orthodoxy, whiteness and global capitalism. Inspired by the transgressive spaces of Latin American spirituality, where the experiences of slum children merge with queer interpretations of grace and holiness, The Queer God seeks to liberate God from the closet of traditional Christian thought, and to embrace God's part in the lives of gays, lesbians and the poor. Only a theology that dares to be radical can show us the presence of God in our times. The Queer God creates a concept of holiness that overcomes sexual and colonial prejudices and shows how queer theology is ultimately the search for God's own deliverance. Using liberation theology and queer theory, it exposes the sexual roots that underlie all theology, and takes the search for God to new depths of social and sexual exclusion.
Liberation Theology and Sexuality is a book about 'doing Liberation
Theology in Latin America' in the twenty-first century. The style
of doing theology remains the same, but this book reflects the work
of a new generation of liberation theologians developing a theology
that offers a wider and more complex critique of reality, with new
perspectives on issues of sexuality, race, gender, culture,
globalization and new forms of popular religiosity. Liberation
Theology and Sexuality shows how Christianity in Latin America
needs to take into account issues concerning sexuality and poverty,
together with traditional religiosity and culture when reflecting
on the construction of Christian faith and identity in the
continent. For the first time, Liberation Theology and Sexuality
presents a unique combination of Latin American theologians from
more than one generation, reflecting on depth on these issues.
Contents: Introduction Part I: Queering theology 1. Kneeling, deviant theologians 2. Queering hermeneutics 3. Queering God in relationships: Trinitarians and God the orgy 4. Libertine disclosures 5. Permutations 6. The economy of God's exchange rate mechanism Part II: Queer promiscuities 7. Popular anti-theologies of love 8. Demonology: Embodying rebellious spirits 9. Queer holiness: Postcolonial revelations
Liberation Theology and Sexuality is a book about 'doing Liberation
Theology in Latin America' in the twenty-first century. The style
of doing theology remains the same, but this book reflects the work
of a new generation of liberation theologians developing a theology
that offers a wider and more complex critique of reality, with new
perspectives on issues of sexuality, race, gender, culture,
globalization and new forms of popular religiosity. Liberation
Theology and Sexuality shows how Christianity in Latin America
needs to take into account issues concerning sexuality and poverty,
together with traditional religiosity and culture when reflecting
on the construction of Christian faith and identity in the
continent. For the first time, Liberation Theology and Sexuality
presents a unique combination of Latin American theologians from
more than one generation, reflecting on depth on these issues.
Indecent Theology brings liberation theology up to date by introducing the radical critical approaches of gender, post-colonial and queer theory. Grounded in actual examples from Latin America Marcella Althaus-Reid's highly provocative, but immaculately researched book re-works three distinct areas of theology - sexual, political and systematic. It exposes the connections between theology, sexuality and politics, whilst initiating a dramatic sexual re-reading of systematic Theology. Ground-breaking, intriguing and scholarly, Indecent Theology broadens the debate on sexuality and theology as never before.
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Trans/Formations (Paperback)
Marcella Althaus-Reid, Lisa Isherwood
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Transsexual, transgendered and intersex people have become
increasingly more visible since the 1990s, but the churches have
been slow to recognize their lives and their contribution to
theology and the churches. As theologians we are mystified by this,
since a redemptive history based on the multiple possibilities of
incarnational theology is best read as lived in trans/luminal
spaces. Trans/formations is a passionate book borne out of the
outrage felt at the ever narrowing boundaries of theology. It is
passionate too because it comes from a deeply held incarnational
belief that dares to take the lived experience of people seriously
as part of the redemptive ground we share. It is a book that wishes
to shake not shock, it seeks to shake us out of the contented
narrowness of a cosy Christianity and into one that seeks always to
expand the incarnational tent that is our home. The contributors
ask questions not only of the churches and theology but at times
also of gender and sexuality theorists. It is time we all thought
anew, and this book hopes to aid that debate. Lisa Isherwood is
Professor of Feminist Liberation Theologies at the University of
Winchester. Marcella Althaus-Reid was Professor of Contextual
Theology at New College, Edinburgh. She died in February 2009.
Contributors: Marcella Althaus-Reid, Hannah Buchanan, Krys
Bujnowski, Marie Cartier, John Clifford, Susannah Cornwall, Malcolm
Himschoot, BK Hipsher, Lisa Isherwood, Virginia Ramey Mollenkott,
Lewis Reay, Elizabeth Stuart and Sian Taylder.
Does theology liberate only bodies with official desires,
well-scrubbed skin, and sober clothing? Might it bring good news to
the rest to madwomen of all sexes, dancers in smoky bars, devotees
of disreputable saints? Marcella Altahus-Reid insisted on asking
such questions sharply, unflinchingly, but with unfeigned joy. She
shows us still how to answer them. --Mark D. Jordan, Richard
Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Divinity, Harvard Divinity School.
Marcella Althaus-Reid has drawn together a number of the most
exciting Liberation Theologians currently working in Latin America
and beyond, whose work offers a wider and more complex critique of
reality which is prepared to engage with issues of sexuality, race,
gender, culture, globalization and new forms of popular piety. The
contributors show that Christianity in Latin America cannot avoid
taking into account and engaging with issues concerning sexuality
and poverty when reflecting on the construction of Christian faith
and identity. They represent Liberation Theology in motion:
dynamic, unsettling, still struggling with orthodoxy while engaging
in the broad struggle for justice that includes sexual justice.
This is a collection which brings together authors from around the
world. The book dares to examine some of the most extreme
approaches to the body that our society engages with. What makes
this book unique is that it does not dismiss what may be the more
difficult and challenging areas of the body and society, rather it
embraces them as an embodied resource for the ever-expanding task
of considering the nature of incarnation through the lens of body
theology. Topics range from cosmetic surgery and the bible to the
sacramental nature of self harm in young girls. Along the way the
book looks at the Puritan heritage of 'Extreme Makeover' programmes
and the pernicious theology inherent in 'Slim for Him' programmes.
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Another Possible World (Paperback)
Marcella Althaus-Reid, Ivan Petrella, Luis Carlos Carlos Susin
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Not since the 'Theology in the Americas' conferences and the heyday
of EATWOT (Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologies) in the
late 70's, have the most important theologians the world over met
to discuss the future of theology and our globe. The World Forum on
Theology and Liberation took place in Brazil in 2005 and was the
meeting of the world's foremost thinkers and theologians concerned
with contextual or liberation theologies. This book offers the
reader a selection of the contributions to the first World Forum on
Theology and Liberation, and as such offers readers a unique
opportunity to read in English for the first time, many of the
discussions, beliefs and aspirations. The ontributors believe that
another world is in fact possible - one where justice will reign.
This book provides the basis of their agendas and vision for the
future. Without another understanding of God, without different
religious practices and different theologies, another possible
world cannot be built. The World Forum on Theology and Liberation
is a product of the urgency tied to the hopes of the millions who
participate in building a better future across the globe. The
themes covered here include challenges and opportunities for
religion in the 21st century, power, poverty and slavery, finding a
middle ground between fundamentalism and modernity, differences in
social contexts, languages and images of God, ethnic- cultural
traditions and globalisation. Different chapters include European,
African, Indian and American perspectives. Marcella Althaus-Reid
was Professor of Contextual Theology at the University of
Edinburgh. Ivan Petrella is Assistant Professor at the University
of Miami. Luiz Carlos Susin is General Secretary of the World Forum
on Theology and Liberation and editor of Teologia para Outro Mundo
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Jung Mo Sung has pioneered a theological analysis of economics in
his previous publications, developing a penetrating
ethico-religious critique of the international capitalist systems,
whose institutions he likens to altars. Where ancient idolatry had
visible altars, the modern altar of the `global market god', is
invisible, but still demands human sacrifices in the name of
`objective' desires. Here Sung recovers theology's relevance for a
world where the most dangerous idols - those that sacrifice
millions of people upon the altar of wealth - have for too long
been ignored by theology. Desire, Market, Religion, Sung
investigates themes such as the struggle against social exclusion,
the relationship between economics and religion in the 21 century,
where global brands and global economies reigns supreme, and
theology's role in the struggle against social exclusion and the
giving of hope for plenty, when the reality is scarcity.
Controversies in Political Theology addresses the question of
whether Christians should be struggling towards development or
liberation. It explores the theologies of development and
liberation, from their beginnings in the 1960s through their
changes to the central arguments today. The contrasts are examined
in the practice of faith-based aid agencies. The understanding of
how to practice justice differs widely for development theology and
liberation theology. Whilst the theology of development remain
focused on the economic realm, on trade and consumption, the
theology of liberation expands the discussion beyond the economic
realm to deal with politics, race, gender and culture more
generally. These different concepts of justice lead to very
different actions in communities around the world. This book
provides students with access to an in-depth view of these
practices in a clear and concise context. The book looks not only
at the theologies themselves but also how they came to emerge, and
how they stand in contrast across the globe today. Full Text -
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Concilium 2008/1 (Paperback, New)
Marcella Althaus-Reid, Regina Ammicht Quinn, Erik Borgman
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Concilium has long been a household-name for cutting-edge critical
and constructive theological thinking. Past contributors include
leading Catholic scholars such as Hans Kung, Gregory Baum and
Edward Schillebeeckx, and the editors of the review belong to the
international "who's who" in the world of contemporary theology.
Published five times a year, each issue reflects a deep knowledge
and scholarship presented in a highly readable style, and each
issue offers a wide variety of viewpoints from leading thinkers
from all over the world.
Black Theology emerged in the 1960s as a response to black
consciousness. In South Africa, it is a critique of power; in the
UK it is a political theology of black culture. The dominant form
of Black Theology has been in the USA, originally influenced by
Black Power and the critique of white racism. Since then, it claims
to have broadened its perspective to include oppression on the
grounds of race, gender and class. In this book, Alistair Kee
contests this claim, arguing that Black and Womanist Theologies
present inadequate analysis of race and gender and no account at
all of class or economic oppression.With a few notable exceptions,
Black Theology in the USA repeats the mantras of the 1970s, the
discourse of modernity. Content with American capitalism, it fails
to address the source of the impoverishment of black Americans at
home. Content with a romantic image of Africa, this
'African-American' movement fails to defend contemporary Africa
against predatory American global ambitions. Blacks in the West,
Kee claims here, are no longer the victims; they are the voters and
consumers who should be able to influence western governments - the
American government in particular - into changing policies towards
Africa in particular and the third world in general. This book does
not argue that Black theologians should give up, but that they
should move on, for the sake of the black poor in America, the
black poor in Africa and the third world. The failure of Black
theologians to do so is a cause for concern beyond the circle of
practitioners of Black theology.
"Controversies in Feminist Theologies" is a clear and accessible
analysis of the current controversies within feminist theologies.
It uses many of the themes of systematic theology to examine
whether feminist theology has a future or whether its discourse and
praxis has become bankrupt. The authors expand this question
through an examination of whether the whole project of systematic
theology has become outmoded. The book is the first to expose the
myth of homogeneity and some of the common stereotypes and myths
surrounding Feminist Theologies, from a methodological and thematic
perspective. It addresses current stereotypes built around North
Atlantic and Third World feminist theology, including issues
concerning Mariology, the use of the Bible and the centrality of
women's experiences in feminist praxis, while highlighting the
richness of different and at times opposite positions in the
debates of theology, gender and sexuality. Marcella Althaus-Reid is
Professor of Contextual Theology at the University of Edinburgh.
She is assistant editor of the Journal of Studies in World
Christianity and a member of the advisory board of Concillium. Lisa
Isherwood is Professor of Feminist Liberation Theologies and
Director of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of
Winchester. She is executive editor of the journal Feminist
Theology.
The Sexual Theologian is the first collection of essays on radical
sexual theology written by a group of internationally renowned
scholars in this area. For the first time Queer theory and theology
is articulated around themes from systematic theology such as
Incarnation, death, the concept of God, Mariology, together with
discussions on sexuality and mysticism.
The essays show a how to do a radical sexual theology together with
original, bold and transgressive thinking which have taken feminist
theologies to a new dimension of action and reflection.
The author has developed a new approach to doing theology, which
examines Liberation Theology and Feminist Theology and marks a
shift from these traditional critiques, resulting in what the
author refers to as 'Indecent Theology'. The author uses Queer
theory and Post Colonial analysis to show more clearly how this
shift, especially from gender to sexuality, has occurred. The book
also looks towards the future possiblities of a theology done in
times of globalisation.To help to clarify this theoretical subject,
the book is broken down into three areas. The first section deals
with the genesis of Indecent theology, and includes material that
is foundational, but not widely available until now. The second
section looks more closely at just what Indecent Theology is, and
the third section considers the future of Indecent Theologies, and
ties up the questions raised in the earlier sections. Dr Marcella
Althaus-Reid B.Ed, B.D, Ph.D was born in Argentina, and began her
studies of theology in Buenos Aires. She is now senior lecturer in
Christian Ethics, Practical Theology and Systematic Theology at the
University of Edinburgh.
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