Dr. Ibrahim Abdurrahman Farajaje - A Legacy of Afrocentric, Decolonial, In The Life Theology Bisexual

This book is a posthumous tribute to bisexual philosopher, theologian, AIDS-activist and educator, Shaykh Dr. Ibrahim Abdurrahman Farajajé (b. 1952; d. 2016) and contains scholarship, critical engagement, and creative responses that illustrate the significance of his life and work.

List of contents

1. Breaking Silence: Toward an in-the-Life Theology 2. Seeds in My Soul: Memories of Ibrahim 3. Creating Change (1995) Keynote Speech 4. Sex Toys on the Altar 5. Andalusia and Beyond 6. Atzmotai: My self, My bones 7. Fictions of Purity 8. Power to Become Children of God: Remembering in-the-Life with a Johannine (Dis)Position 9. Forum II - Affirming Diversity: Promise and Challenge 10. A Tribute to Ibrahim Baba Farajajé: An Intersectional Perspective on Sexual Violence, Decolonization, and Standing Rock 11. Starr King School Symposium 2012: Ibrahim Farajajé Opening Sermon (Excerpt) 12. Celebrating Dr. Ibrahim Farajaje: A pioneer of Islamic studies 13. Remembering Our Wholeness: Starr King School for the Ministry 2015 Symposium Opening Remarks 14. The Closest Thing to God in a Body 15. Queer(y)ing Religious Education:Teaching the R(evolutionary) S(ub)Versions) or Relax! ... It's Just Religious Ed 16. Whatever Way Love's Camel Takes: Remembering Baba Ibrahim Farajajé 17. Holy Fuck 18. Oceans of Mercy: African American Sufi Muslims in the San Francisco Bay Area (2003) - A critical understanding/review of David Dezern and Ibrahim Abdurrahman Farajaje's Religious Documentary

About the author

H. "Herukhuti" Sharif Williams, PhD, MEd is Founder and Chief Erotics Officer, Center for Culture, Sexuality, and Spirituality LLC. He is Core Faculty at Goddard College, Adjunct Associate Professor, City University of New York, and Visiting Associate Professor, Pratt Institute. Believing that he/she/they was important to the contextualization and advancement of his work, prior to his ancestral transition Dr. Farajajé asked Dr. Herukhuti to edit this collection.

Product details

• Authors: H. Herukhuti Sharif (City University of Williams
• Assisted by: H. “Herukhuti” Sharif Williams (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.2025
• EAN: 9781032424361
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3242436-1
• No. of pages: 214
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Sociology, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, RELIGION / Islam / Theology, Religion: general, Colonialism & imperialism, Colonialism and imperialism, Gender studies, gender groups, Literary theory, Medical Sociology, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, National liberation and independence, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Bisexual Studies, Hiv / Aids: Social Aspects