Essays about: "Queer Muslims"

Found 1 essay containing the words Queer Muslims.

  1. 1. 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