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A Queering of Black TheologyConclusion: James Baldwin, Queer Theory, and Theological Reflection

A Queering of Black Theology: Conclusion: James Baldwin, Queer Theory, and Theological Reflection [As a source for religious and theological reflection, Baldwin’s work unearths a deeper level of understanding of the source of racial rage and sexual phobias that are left partly unresolved in black liberation discourse. Baldwin’s religious crisis is not a simple case of tension arising between Christianity and sexuality; it is the phalanx of race, gender, sexuality, and theology codified and signified by puritanism; this is the hidden source informing the psychological trap of metaphorical blackness that he exposes. His detection and identification of puritanism as the root cause of his religious crisis is a fertile ground for deeper exploration beyond this project. What this project does in relation to this discovery is to take the coconstituted issues of race, sex, and gender beyond its metaphorical boundaries toward an allegorical rendering of a salient argument that moves the project of liberation forward in the black church and community onto another level that gives more awareness to the puritanical influences shaping notions of black depravity and the homophobic religious responses in relation to it. This paradigm shift redefines the argument of racial and sexual depravity onto a more fundamental analysis of puritanism and puritan ideology.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Queering of Black TheologyConclusion: James Baldwin, Queer Theory, and Theological Reflection

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Palgrave Macmillan US
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© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2013
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978-1-349-47855-2
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145 –151
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10.1057/9781137376473_8
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Abstract

[As a source for religious and theological reflection, Baldwin’s work unearths a deeper level of understanding of the source of racial rage and sexual phobias that are left partly unresolved in black liberation discourse. Baldwin’s religious crisis is not a simple case of tension arising between Christianity and sexuality; it is the phalanx of race, gender, sexuality, and theology codified and signified by puritanism; this is the hidden source informing the psychological trap of metaphorical blackness that he exposes. His detection and identification of puritanism as the root cause of his religious crisis is a fertile ground for deeper exploration beyond this project. What this project does in relation to this discovery is to take the coconstituted issues of race, sex, and gender beyond its metaphorical boundaries toward an allegorical rendering of a salient argument that moves the project of liberation forward in the black church and community onto another level that gives more awareness to the puritanical influences shaping notions of black depravity and the homophobic religious responses in relation to it. This paradigm shift redefines the argument of racial and sexual depravity onto a more fundamental analysis of puritanism and puritan ideology.]

Published: Oct 30, 2015

Keywords: Black Body; Moral Authority; Black Church; Queer Theory; Sexualized Body

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