Representations of Homosexuality - Black Liberation Theology and Cultural Criticism

Roger A. Sneed offers an alternative approach to black homosexuality for black religious scholars who have traditionally viewed homosexuality as a problem. Instead, by drawing on a range of black gay writers, Representations of Homosexuality points black religious scholarship towards an ethics of openness.

List of contents

Black Liberation Theology, Cultural Criticism, and the Problem of Homosexuality Black Religious Criticism and Representations of Homosexuality Black Theology and Homosexuality Revisited: Black Queer Theologians Respond The Representations of Homosexuality in Black Gay Men's Writing Religious Experience in Black Gay Men's Writing Reconstruction Black Gay Male Identity Beyond 'The DL' Conclusion: Towards an Ethics of Openness

About the author

ROGER A. SNEED is Assistant Professor of Religion at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, USA.

Summary

Roger A. Sneed offers an alternative approach to black homosexuality for black religious scholars who have traditionally viewed homosexuality as a problem. Instead, by drawing on a range of black gay writers, Representations of Homosexuality points black religious scholarship towards an ethics of openness.

Additional text

"This important work by Sneed challenges theologies that ground themselves in Black experience - Black and Womanist, to recognize that without the inclusion of the experience of gay Black men our work is incomplete. This book will add significantly to conversations about the future of Black and Womanist theologies." - Stephen G. Ray Jr., Professor of Systematic Theology and Neal and Ila FisherChair of Theology, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

Report

"This important work by Sneed challenges theologies that ground themselves in Black experience - Black and Womanist, to recognize that without the inclusion of the experience of gay Black men our work is incomplete. This book will add significantly to conversations about the future of Black and Womanist theologies." - Stephen G. Ray Jr., Professor of Systematic Theology and Neal and Ila FisherChair of Theology, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

Product details

• Authors: R Sneed, R. Sneed
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2015
• EAN: 9781349375028
• ISBN: 978-1-349-37502-8
• No. of pages: 221
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 12 mm x 216 mm
• Weight: 302 g
• Illustrations: XIII, 221 p.
• Series: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice; Black Religion/Womanist Though; Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice; Black Religion / Womanist Thought / Social Justice
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Religion, B, Gender Studies, Sociology of Religion, Sociology, Religion: general, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Gender studies, gender groups, Sociology & anthropology, Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Religion and sociology, Religious Studies, general, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender & relationships, Religion and Gender, Gender identity—Religious aspects