Rainbow Theology. Patrick S. Cheng

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      ADVANCE PRAISE for Rainbow Theology

      “This is a landmark book. It not only brings to the center of theological reflection the silenced but vibrant voices of LGBTIQ persons of color, but it charts ground-breaking directions for religious thought, church practices, and social and political analysis. This book is innovative, passionate, and challenging. With his rainbow theology Patrick Cheng provides for us piercing insights into God, the world, and ourselves that have been hidden from us because of our monochromatic views of the world and God. It is a must read for anyone committed to a more just world.”

      — Kelly Brown Douglas, Goucher College

      Author of Sexuality and the Black Church: A Womanist Perspective

      “With characteristic grace, Cheng not only turns the complex categories of race and sexuality into accessible speech, he links them to spirit without missing a beat. Tracing commonalities while deeply respecting differences, he challenges readers to allow queer of color lived experiences of multiplicity, middle spaces, and mediation to form a more viable framework for constructive theology.”

      —Laurel C. Schneider, Vanderbilt University

      Author of Beyond Monotheism: A Theology of Multiplicity

      “Patrick Cheng is one of the first theologians to substantively engage queer of color critique, thus fundamentally challenging the parameters of not only queer theology, but theology as a whole. This amazing book combines reader accessibility with theoretical sophistication. Cheng does not homogenize queer of color theology, but provides a comprehensive analysis of its multiple strands. The book is truly groundbreaking.”

      —Andrea Smith, University of California, Riverside

      Author of Native Americans and the Christian Right: The Gendered Politics of Unlikely Alliances

      “In a world dominated by a binary, either-or, monochromatic approach to diversity, Rainbow Theology challenges us to recover and reclaim a theological framework that has been there from the beginning of Christianity – a place where a multiplicity of experiences and identities are held in creative tension. A place where we can create a truly inclusive beloved community of Christ.”

      —Eric H.F. Law, Kaleidoscope Institute

      Author of Holy Currencies: Six Blessings for Sustainable Missional Ministries

       RAINBOW THEOLOGY

       Bridging Race, Sexuality, and Spirit

      PATRICK S. CHENG

      Copyright © 2013 by Patrick S. Cheng

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written permission of the publisher.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Cheng, Patrick S.

      Rainbow theology : bridging race, sexuality, and spirit / Patrick S. Cheng.

      pages cm

      Includes bibliographical references and index.

      ISBN 978-1-59627-241-5 (pbk.) -- ISBN 978-1-59627-242-2 (ebook) 1. Church and minorities. 2. Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Christianity. 3. Multiculturalism--Religious aspects--Christianity. 4. Ethnicity--Religious aspects--Christianity 5. Race--Religious aspects--Christianity. I. Title.

      BV639.M56C44 2013

      230.08--dc23

      2013000911

      Cover design by Laurie Klein Westhafer

      Typeset by Denise Hoff

      Seabury Books

      445 Fifth Avenue

      New York, New York 10016

       www.churchpublishing.org

      An imprint of Church Publishing Incorporated

       To queer of color theologians,past, present, and future.

       Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I—Race, Sexuality, and Spirit

1. Queer of Color Theologies

2. Queer Black Theologies

3. Queer Asian American Theologies

       4. Queer Latina/o Theologies

       5. Two-Spirit Indigenous Scholarship

       Part II—Rainbow Theology

       6. Introducing Rainbow Theology

       7. Multiplicity

       8. Middle Spaces

       9. Mediation

       10. Example: Rainbow Christology

       Conclusion

       Bibliography

       Index

       About the Author

Acknowledgments

      This book would not have been possible without the support of the Episcopal Divinity School community, including my faculty colleagues Angela Bauer-Levesque, Stephen Burns, Christopher Duraisingh, Suzanne Ehly, Miriam Gelfer, Bill Kondrath, Joan Martin, Kwok Pui-lan, Katherine Hancock Ragsdale, Ed Rodman, Susie Snyder, Fredrica Harris Thompsett, Larry Wills, and Gale Yee. Special thanks goes to the EDS and Sherrill Library staff, especially Chris Carr, Aura Fluett, Jamie Glass, Scott Kinkade, Jeffrey Perkins, and Stephanie Nelson.

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