A Queering of Black Theology [electronic resource] : James Baldwin's Blues Project and Gospel Prose /
Kornegay, E.author.
Kornegay's brilliant and insightful use of James Baldwin's literary genius offers a way forward that promises to overcome the divide between religion and sexuality that is of crucial importance not only for black church and theology but for socio-political-religious and theological discourse generally.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Prolonged Religious Crisis; 2 Between James's Gospel and Jimmy's blues; 3 Living Exiled in the Promised Land; 4 Queering and Theological Signification; 5 Conversion: Queer Theory and Black Theology; 6 Desire: Queering in the Black Church; Conclusion: James Baldwin, Queer Theory, and Theological Reflection; Notes; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Kornegay's brilliant and insightful use of James Baldwin's literary genius offers a way forward that promises to overcome the divide between religion and sexuality that is of crucial importance not only for black church and theology but for socio-political-religious and theological discourse generally.
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987.
Theology.
Black theology.
Bible-Theology.
Culture-Study and teaching.
Religion-History.
Religion and sociology.
Christian Theology.
Black Theology.
Biblical Studies.
Cultural and Media Studies, general.
History of Religion.
Social Aspects of Religion.