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A Queering of Black TheologyIntroduction

A Queering of Black Theology: Introduction [This book, rightly titled A Queering of Black Theology: James Baldwin’s Blues Project and Gospel Prose, is a seminal work, which uses the selected novels and essays of James Baldwin to develop a queering methodology for constructing a black theology of liberation. It is a work meant to engage the very important question in the new millennium of how do we reconcile sexualities with faith(s) and to demystify and decenter queer theory from an overarching queer subjectivity signifying homosexuality, which makes its use nearly impossible in black theology due to its heterosexist and homophobic underpinnings. My interpretation of queer theory, queering, and use of James Baldwin as a primary interlocutor is also a first step in the development of my book as a model of a postmodern “third wave” theology that is conversant with liberation and concerned with social inequities, such as race, gender, and sexuality. I envision this work to be a type queering that seeks to build upon black theological and womanist models of God, which creates a relevant sociosexual accounting not readily apparent within most black religious traditions and experiences. The goal is to assist in the movement of the black socioreligious theological consciousness toward a postcivil rights, postliberation, postmodern discursive that fairly supports faith and flourishing for the multiple representations of gendered and sexualized bodies within the black church and community.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Queering of Black TheologyIntroduction

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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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10.1057/9781137376473_1
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[This book, rightly titled A Queering of Black Theology: James Baldwin’s Blues Project and Gospel Prose, is a seminal work, which uses the selected novels and essays of James Baldwin to develop a queering methodology for constructing a black theology of liberation. It is a work meant to engage the very important question in the new millennium of how do we reconcile sexualities with faith(s) and to demystify and decenter queer theory from an overarching queer subjectivity signifying homosexuality, which makes its use nearly impossible in black theology due to its heterosexist and homophobic underpinnings. My interpretation of queer theory, queering, and use of James Baldwin as a primary interlocutor is also a first step in the development of my book as a model of a postmodern “third wave” theology that is conversant with liberation and concerned with social inequities, such as race, gender, and sexuality. I envision this work to be a type queering that seeks to build upon black theological and womanist models of God, which creates a relevant sociosexual accounting not readily apparent within most black religious traditions and experiences. The goal is to assist in the movement of the black socioreligious theological consciousness toward a postcivil rights, postliberation, postmodern discursive that fairly supports faith and flourishing for the multiple representations of gendered and sexualized bodies within the black church and community.]

Published: Oct 30, 2015

Keywords: Black Masculinity; Black Body; Hegemonic Masculinity; Black Mother; Black Church

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