Called and Queer

Lived religion and LGBTQ Methodist Clergy in South Africa

AvMegan Robertson

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

Del i serien Palgrave Studies in Lived Religion and Societal Challenges

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Beskrivning

This book is the first in-depth study of the lived experiences of queer Christian clergy in an African context. Using a queer lived religion framing, it draws on ethnographic research to analyse how six LGBTQ clergy understand and practice their vocation in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa (MCSA).

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-09-06
Mått:148 x 210 x 16 mm
Vikt:373 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Palgrave Studies in Lived Religion and Societal Challenges
Antal sidor:180
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031677137

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Megan Robertson is a scholar of queer and gender studies in religion. She is currently a UKRI (previously Marie Skłodowska-Curie) Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Leeds, where she is based in the School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science and affiliated with the Centre for Religion and Public Life. Additionally, she is a research fellow of the Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion and Social Justice at the University of the Western Cape. Robertson holds a PhD from the University of the Western Cape, South Africa (2020) and has published widely on gender, sexuality and Christianity in Southern Africa.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Church of Mandela: Black Methodism and Queer Identity.- Chapter 3: Church of Purity: Gender Binaries and Gendered Bodies.- Chapter 4: Church of Ecclesia: Sex, Love and Marriage.- Chapter 5: Conclusion: Queering the MCSA.