This book enters a new liminal space between the LGBTQ and denominational Christian communities. It simultaneously explores how those who identify as queer can find a home in church and how those leading welcoming, or indeed unwelcoming, congregations can better serve both communities.
Robert E. Shore-Goss is a retired UCC clergy/theologian. He is the author of multiple books including, God is Green (2016) and Dead But Not Lost (2005). He has also co-edited several books such as, Queering Christianity (2013), The Queer Bible Commentary (2006) and Gay Catholic Priests and Clerical Sexual Misconduct (2005).
Joseph N. Goh is a Lecturer in Gender Studies at the School of Arts and Social Sciences, Monash University Malaysia. His research interests include queer and LGBTI studies; human rights and sexual health issues; and diverse theological and religious studies research. He is the author of Living Out Sexuality and Faith (2018), and co-editor of Queering Migrations Towards, From, and Beyond Asia (2014). His personal website is at http://josephgoh.org.
Contributors; Introduction: Angels in Human Drag: Alternative Queer Orthodoxies
Robert E. Shore-Goss; PART I Provoking Church; 1 Towards Radical Inclusion
-Yap Kim Hao; 2 Queer Church: Failure and Becoming in the Body of Christ-Sara Roseneau; 3 Songsang, Confessions, and Theologizings of Divine Lavishness-Joseph N. Goh; PART II Repainting Saints; 4 Nahum Zenil: "The Virgin Mary Became My Mother"-Justin Sabia-Tanis; 5 Queering Ecclesial Authority with Mechthild of Magdeburg: A Roman Catholic Perspective- Andy Buechel; PART III Liberating Flesh; 6 Discovering the Missing Body: Incarnational Inclusivity- Robert E. Shore-Goss; 7 Queering Violent Scenes: A Eucharistic Interpretation of BDSM- Bryan Mok and Pearl Wong; 8 Unfaithful Noxious Sexuality: Body, Incarnation, and Ecclesiology in Dispute- Hugo Córdova Quero; 9 Deafinitely Different: Seeing Deafness, Deaf and Healing in the Bible from Deaf Perspectives - Kristine C. Meneses; PART IV Expanding Eschatologies; 10 Gay Eschatology: A Postsecular Rethinking of Christian and "Asian Values" Metanarratives in Singapore's Contexts-Agnes Hanying Ong; 11 Embodied Sexual Eschatology: Escaping the Cage and Dreaming a World of Desire and Longing-Rebecca Voelkel
Afterword: Erotic Dreams, Theology and the Word-(Re)Made-Flesh- Joseph N. Goh; Bibliography