Queer and Trans Approaches to Religion and Theology – serie
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
1 715 kr
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This book traces the afterlives of Saint Sebastian from martyr and plague saint to queer icon and socio-political protest figure as represented within art and literature. According to Stephanie Höllinger and Stephan Goertz, few saints have as multifaceted a history as Saint Sebastian. Initially venerated as a local Roman saint in 354 AD, Saint Sebastian later became a popular plague saint in the 14th century and queer identification figure and universal protest icon in the 19th and 20th centuries. Höllinger and Goertz shine a light on this rich and varied history across seven chapters, placing particular interest in revealing Saint Sebastian's influence on contemporary art and literature. By turning to Saint Sebastian's representation in art across mediums and periods, this book uncovers a thought-provoking dialogue between theological, social, and political ideologies embodied by the saint. Their study of the queer Saint Sebastian similarly includes analyses of both literary and visual artworks, juxtaposing modern "classic" interpretations with largely unknown interpretations of the saint, including those by David Wojnarowicz, Richard Stott, and F. Holland Day. This book combines theology, cultural studies, and art history, querying why, and how, Saint Sebastian continues to maintain a presence within both religious and socio-political circles.
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
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Bringing together material religion and discourse theory, this cross-disciplinary book argues that theories of embodiment and religion co-produce one another. Responding to the scholarly turn towards embodiment and phenomenology beginning in queer studies and branching out into the humanities more broadly, Jessica A. Albrecht brings religion to the table. This book contends that, if the turn to materiality emphasizes what religion does in bodies and spaces, or how bodies make religion, it is equally important to ask whose bodies are made legible, and under what conditions they come to matter. By shining a light on this reciprocal relationship between religion and embodiment, Albrecht reveals the processes through which meanings, “bodies,” and “religion” itself are made. Across seven chapters spanning intersectionality, queer and cuír theory, and crip studies, this book traces counter-genealogies which reveal how bodies become unintelligible within the regimes of religion, race, gender, and ability. Albrecht offers tools for examining how religious experiences are shaped by queerness, disability, and power, providing a fresh and inclusive perspective on how bodies and practices are central constituents of conceptions of religion. The resulting framework for religious studies pushes beyond normative views or religious-secular divisions, prompting readers to critically re-consider both “religion” and the “body.”