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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Authors: West, Gerald O. 1956- (Author) ; Van der Walt, Charlene (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: SCM Press [2019]
In: Concilium
Year: 2019, Issue: 5, Pages: 109-118
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Genesis / Queer theology / African Theology / Homosexuality
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
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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.
ISSN:0010-5236
Contains:Enthalten in: Concilium