A Queer (Beginning to the) Bible
Genesis is the starting point for an African queer biblical trajectory in this article. Locating queer African bodies as subjects of interpretation of the Bible, this article demonstrates how the book of Genesis has been used within actual African contexts to recognize a queer trajectory in scriptur...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
SCM Press
[2019]
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| In: |
Concilium
Year: 2019, Issue: 5, Pages: 109-118 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Genesis
/ Queer theology
/ African Theology
/ Homosexuality
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| IxTheo Classification: | FD Contextual theology HB Old Testament KBN Sub-Saharan Africa NBE Anthropology NCF Sexual ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Queer Theology
B LGBT people |
| Summary: | Genesis is the starting point for an African queer biblical trajectory in this article. Locating queer African bodies as subjects of interpretation of the Bible, this article demonstrates how the book of Genesis has been used within actual African contexts to recognize a queer trajectory in scripture. The Bible, we argue, is a site of struggle, with contending trajectories/voices, some of which are queer, particularly when read from LGBTIQA+ African social locations. |
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| ISSN: | 0010-5236 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Concilium
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