Essays about: "Queer Christians"

Found 2 essays containing the words Queer Christians.

1. 1. LGBTQIA+ Voices from the Christian Church : A small intersectional interview study on LGBTQIA+ experiences within the Catholic and Protestant church in contemporary Germany

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

   Author : Johanna Rostek; [2022]
   Keywords : LGBTQIA Christians; Feminist Standpoint Theory; Queer Theory; Empirical Research; Gender; and Intersectional Research;

   Abstract : The study starts with a historical overview of the notion of gender and sexual identity and belonging in the German Christian church as seen from a queer and intersectional gender studies perspective. The following study moves to explore three individual experiences and encounters with the Christian church. READ MORE

3. 2. Queer Christian Responses to A Jihad for Love : The Case of Sweden

   University essay from Institutionen för mediestudier

   Author : Nilay Yelkenci; [2012]
   Keywords : Queer-Affirming Alternative Muslim Media; Secularism; Sweden; Interfaith Dialogue; Queer Muslims; Queer Christians;

   Abstract : This reception study, drawing on Robert White’s culturalist approach to religious media and Jane Mansbridge’s oppositional consciousness, explores the meaning-making process of Queer Christians in Sweden about Parvez Sharma’s A Jihad for Love. The study argues that against a background where Muslims and Queer Muslims facing multiple forms of othering in Western mainstream media, queer-affirming Muslim alternative media can be a precursor to interfaith encounter and interreligious dialogue between Queer Christians and Queer Muslims. READ MORE