Rainbow Theology. Patrick S. Cheng
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Название: Rainbow Theology
Автор: Patrick S. Cheng
Издательство: Ingram
Жанр: Управление, подбор персонала
isbn: 9781596272422
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Chapters two through five each provide a survey of the main subgroups of queer of color theology. Instead of covering the theologies chronologically, I have chosen to organize them by racial and ethnic groups. I do this not to reinforce traditional racial and ethnic categories, but rather to explore certain shared themes—and differences—within each subgroup.
Specifically, chapter two looks at queer Black theologies with its themes of Black Church exclusion, reclaiming Black lesbian voices, and challenging Black liberation theologies. Chapter three looks at queer Asian American theologies with its themes of Asian and Asian American church exclusion, critiquing LGBTIQ racism, and highlighting transnational perspectives. Chapter four looks at queer Latina/o theologies with its themes of living on the borderlands, challenging machismo, and crossing literary and religious borders. Chapter five looks at Two-Spirit Indigenous scholarship with its themes of resisting settler colonialism, recognizing Two-Spirit identities, and doing the work of allies.
Part II of the book focuses on the construction of a rainbow theology. Chapter six introduces the concept of rainbow theology and provides an overview to the three rainbow themes of (1) multiplicity, (2) middle spaces, and (3) mediation. As noted above, these three themes are contrasted with the monochromatic themes of (1) singularity, (2) staying home, and (3) selecting sides. Chapters seven, eight, and nine examine each of the above three rainbow themes in greater detail. Chapter ten concludes Part II of the book by illustrating how a rainbow theology might work in the specific context of christology.
Having mapped out the main themes and outline of the book, let us now turn to Part I of the book, which focuses on queer of color theologies.
Study Questions
1. Have you ever experienced “never quite getting to Oz”? That is, have you been in situations in which you have not felt completely welcomed because of your race, sexuality, and/or spirituality?
2. How do you describe your own social location with respect to race, sexuality, and spirituality? How fluid have these identities been throughout your life?
3. When did the first works of queer of color theology appear? How have such works been treated within mainstream queer theology?
4. What are the three “rainbow” themes covered by this book? How do they compare and contrast with the three “monochromatic” themes?
5. How might Part I of this book be useful in your own theological work and reflections? Part II?
For Further Study
Definitions
• Cheng, From Sin to Amazing Grace, xvi–xviii
• Cheng, Radical Love, 2–8
• Palmer and Haffner, A Time to Seek, 7–11
Queer of Color Theologies
• Cheng, From Sin to Amazing Grace, 133–45
• Cheng, Radical Love, 74–77
• Cornwall, Controversies in Queer Theology, 72–113
• Goss, Queering Christ, 253
• Schippert, “Implications of Queer Theory for the Study of Religion and Gender,” 74–77
1 The Wizard of Oz, directed by Victor Fleming (1939).
2 For more information about definitions relating to the LGBTIQ community, see chapter 1 below. See also Timothy Palmer and Debra W. Haffner, A Time to Seek: Study Guide on Sexual and Gender Diversity (Westport, CT: Religious Institute, 2006), 7–11; Patrick S. Cheng, From Sin to Amazing Grace: Discovering the Queer Christ (New York: Seabury Books, 2012), xvi–xviii; Patrick S. Cheng, Radical Love: An Introduction to Queer Theology (New York: Seabury Books, 2011), 2–8.
3 See Patrick S. Cheng, “A Unicorn at the White House,” Huffington Post (July 30, 2012), accessed January 3, 2013, http://huff.to/Phq3d2.
4 The gay historian Allan Bérubé has written about the practice of “triple-carding” by gay bars to dissuade people of color from entering. This was done because a bar could lose its popularity if it was perceived to have been “taken over” by gay men of color. Allan Bérubé, My Desire for History: Essays in Gay, Community, and Labor History (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2011), 206.
5 “Fifth Annual Power 50,” Out.com, accessed January 3, 2013, http://bit.ly/yyesrL.
6 “Queerphobia” is an umbrella term that refers collectively to the fears that certain straight and/or non-transgender people have of lesbians and gay men (“homophobia”), bisexuals (“biphobia”), and transgender people (“transphobia”).
7 “Cisgender” refers to people who do not identify as transgender.
8 John Becker, “Secret NOM Documents Reveal Race-Baiting Strategy,” Huffington Post (March 27, 2012), accessed January 3, 2013, http://huff.to/HbkIUL.
9 “Harry Jackson, Maryland Bishop, Claims Gays Are ‘Trying to Recruit’ Children, Wants to ‘Steal Back’ Rainbow,” Huffington Post (August 3, 2012), accessed January 3, 2013, http://huff.to/QMrx3q. On November 6, 2012, Maryland voters approved same-sex marriage by popular vote, and the first same-sex marriages occurred in that state on January 1, 2013.
10 Assuming that there are some 8.7 million LGBTIQ people in the United States, and approximately 37 percent of the population consists of racial and ethnic minorities, then there are some 3.2 million queers of color in the United States. See “How Many LGBT’s Live in America?,” Advocate (April 6, 2011), accessed January 3, 2013, http://bit.ly/JRLwKZ; Doris Nhan, “Census: Minorities Constitute 37 Percent of U.S. Population,” National Journal (May 17, 2012), accessed January 3, 2013, http://bit.ly/QvPLLG.
11 See Gerard Loughlin, ed., Queer Theology: Rethinking the Western Body (Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2007), vii–viii.
12 See Kathy Rudy, “Subjectivity and Belief,” in Loughlin, Queer Theology, 46–48.
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