“Queer Soul and Queer Theology”
by Laurel C. Schneider & Thelathia Nikki Young
Darton Longman & Todd Ltd, 2023, 142 pages

At A Glance: “Queer Soul and Queer Theology” explores how the resilience and creativity of 2SLGBTIQIA+ lives can transform and enrich Christian theology and ethics.

Overview: “Queer Soul and Queer Theology” by Laurel C. Schneider and Thelathia Nikki Young explores Christian queer theology and ethics through the lens of “redemption.”

The authors propose that queer lives and struggles illuminate the richness of embodied experience in Christian incarnational theology and ethics. They introduce a new framework of ethical reasoning, highlighting virtues gleaned from 2SLGBTIQIA+ lives and communities.

This book challenges life-denying theologies and traditional “family values,” asserting that the resilience, creativity, and epistemology of queer communities are essential to a more generous and liberative Christian theology, with redemptive potential for Christian life and the concept of God.

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