Mark Rowland is a PhD student in the School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science and a member of the Centre for Religion and Public Life. A Methodist minister, he is researching a queer theology of holiness and grateful to be part-funded by the Methodist Church. Tell us a little about your ‘research journey’... Continue Reading →
CRPL Seminar Series: ‘Butch Lesbians, Femme Queens and Promiscuous Clergy: Queering the Body Politics of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa’ – Nov, 2020
Dr Megan Robertson presented on the 26th November 2020 as part of the CRPL Seminar Series 2020/21 with her paper titled: ‘Butch Lesbians, Femme Queens and Promiscuous Clergy: Queering the Body Politics of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa'. Dr Megan Robertson - Biography Researcher, Dr Megan Robertson is a postdoctoral fellow linked to the SARChI Chair in... Continue Reading →
A Powerful Portrait of Faith and Queer Activism: Review of the Film “Kenyan, Christian, Queer”
Review of the documentary film "Kenyan, Christian, Queer" (AiAi Productions, 2020).
F&A Series: ‘Queering Orthodoxy’
Orit Avishai is a Professor of Sociology and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Fordham University in New York. Her book in progress is titled Queering Orthodoxy: The Battle for Judaism’s (Straight) Soul. She is co-organizing an international conference of LGBT activists of faith to be held at Fordham in 2021. When it comes to LGBTQ+... Continue Reading →
Researcher of the Month – October: Samuel Ross
Sam Ross is a PhD candidate at the University of Leeds, working on queer readings of poetic representations of pain and trauma in the Hebrew Bible. Tell us a little about your ‘research journey’ – how did you get to where you are right now? I first went to the University of Glasgow as an... Continue Reading →
Q&A with Adriaan van Klinken about his new book, Kenyan, Christian, Queer
Q&A with Adriaan van Klinken about his new book, Kenyan, Christian, Queer
Sex in the Family – new book by Dr Johanna Stiebert
We are really pleased to announce that the new book by Dr Johanna Stiebert (University of Leeds) First Degree Incest and the Hebrew Bible, has been published by Bloomsbury and is available to buy. As the publishers explain: "'Incest' refers to illegal sexual relations between family members. Its precise contours, however, are culturally specific. Hence, an illegal... Continue Reading →