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Queer Ministers’ Voices from the Global South:

1st Edition

Queer Ministers’ Voices from the Global South "A Burning Fire in My Bones"

Edited By Lisa Isherwood, Hugo Córdova Quero Copyright 2024
174 Pages
by Routledge

174 Pages
by Routledge

174 Pages
by Routledge
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This book brings together the narratives of diverse ministers from the Global South in order to show that queer theologies are impacting many parts of the world and queer lives are molding and enriching Christian ministry. Across Asia, Africa, and Latin America, we are witnessing the emergence of queer faith-based communities in very different contexts and with very different histories. The... Read more

Introduction

Lisa Isherwood and Hugo Córdova Quero

Part I Asia

1 Seeking Compassion Amid Unwelcoming Environments

Lai Shan Yip

2 Mission Dei in Contemporary Taiwan

Mao-Chen Joseph Chang

3 Living Our Faith Against All Discriminations

Reina Ueno

4 Being Prophetic as the Only Inclusive Church in Singapore

Miak Siew

5 Transgressive Table Talk A Malaysian Imagines a Queer Rojak Liturgy

Joseph N. Goh

Part II Latin America

6 My Experiences as a Gay Pastor

Andrés Roberto Albertsen

7 Social Ministry Doing Theology on Social Media

Ana Ester Pádua Freire

8 Love in Times of Dictatorships: Memoirs from a Gay Minister from Buenos Aires

Roberto González with Norberto D’Amico

9 Spirituality Space of Tigre The experiences of a queer community in Buenos Aires, Argentina

David de Jesús de Pascual

10 When Faith Becomes Our Home

Andrés Alejandro Herrera Gré

Part III Africa

11 I Sat on Pavements

Toni Kruger-Ayebazibwe

12 Spreading the News of God’s Unconditional Love in Nigeria

Jide Macaulay

13 Outside the Four Walls of the Church Or The Church With No Walls and Boundaries

Nokuthula Dhladhla

14 Sharing God’s Love in the Power of the Holy Spirit in Kenya

Arthur Owiti

15 A Burning Fire in My Bones Doing Queer Ministry in South Africa

Theo Khanyile

16 Afterword We Are a People Marching Towards Liberation

Lisa Isherwood and Hugo Córdova Quero

Biography

Lisa Isherwood is Professor Emerita of Feminist Liberation Theologies at the University of Winchester, UK; Research Supervisor and Professor of Theology at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. Her recent books for Routledge include Contemporary Theological Approaches to Sexuality (2017), The Indecent Theologies of Marcella Althaus-Reid (2020), and Women in Christianity in the Modern Age (2021).

Hugo Córdova Quero is Associate Professor of Critical Theories and Queer Theologies and Director of Digital Learning at Starr King School, Graduate Theological Union, USA. He is also Director of Institute Sophia, a think-tank in St. Louis, Missouri. His books include Transnational Faiths (2014) Queering Migrations Towards, From, and Beyond Asia (2014), and The Indecent Theologies of Marcella Althaus-Reid (2020).

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