Kenyan, Christian, Queer - Religion, LGBT Activism, and Arts of Resistance in Africa

Examines the role of religion in LGBT activism in Kenya. Offers case studies of creative forms of queer visibility through which Kenyan LGBT individuals organize and present themselves in the public domain while critically engaging and appropriating Christian beliefs, symbols, and practices.

About the author

Adriaan van Klinken is Associate Professor of Religion and African Studies at the University of Leeds. He is the author of Transforming Masculinities in African Christianity: Gender Controversies in Times of AIDS and coeditor of several books, including Public Religion and the Politics of Homosexuality in Africa and Christianity and Controversies over Homosexuality in Contemporary Africa.

Summary

Examines the role of religion in LGBT activism in Kenya. Offers case studies of creative forms of queer visibility through which Kenyan LGBT individuals organize and present themselves in the public domain while critically engaging and appropriating Christian beliefs, symbols, and practices.

Product details

• Authors: Adriaan Van Klinken, Adriaan van Klinken, Adriaan (Associate Professor of Religion and African Studies van Klinken
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.07.2019
• EAN: 9780271083803
• ISBN: 978-0-271-08380-3
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 476 g
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Series: Africana Religions
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Kenia, Soziale Gruppen: religiöse Gemeinschaften, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global), RELIGION / Christianity / Literature & the Arts, HISTORY / Africa / East, Kenya, Gay & Lesbian studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Social groups: religious groups and communities, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics