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Undoing Theology Chris Greenough

Undoing Theology By Chris Greenough

Undoing Theology by Chris Greenough


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Aiming to engage in a process which breaks free from traditional academic norms, Undoing Theology explores three life stories: an intersex-identifying Catholic, a former ex-gay minister and a Christian who engages in bondage and fetishist practices.

Undoing Theology Summary

Undoing Theology: Life Stories from Non-normative Christians by Chris Greenough

The fundamental issue with queer research is it cannot exist in any definable form, as the purpose of queer is to disrupt and disturb. Undoing Doing generates a process of undoing as central to queer research enquiries. Aiming to engage in a process which breaks free from traditional academic norms, the text explores three life stories: an intersex-identifying Catholic, a former ex-gay minister and a Christian who engages in bondage and fetishist practices. Employing an undoing methodology, which liberates the researcher and allows intuitive, reflective and creative methods, the book makes a significant contribution to the fields of gender, sexuality and queer studies in religion, both empirically and theoretically.

Undoing Theology Reviews

"Fascinating and absorbing ... extraordinary stories of ordinary people crafted into a bottom-up queer theology by a master story-teller. These voices need to be heard." -- Deryn Guest
"As a work of practical, queer, feminist, and sexual theology, Undoing Theology draws attention to the power, and the limits, of telling and listening to the stories of sexual migrants in contemporary Christianity. Chris Greenoughs readable and accessible book exposes and challenges the culminating impact of heteronormative and vanilla theology on the lives of everyday Christians, whose experiences of inter-sex identity, ex-gay ministries, and BDSM practices are rarely but should be - heard." -- Dawn Llewelyn
"Undoing Theology is a work of brilliance that is refreshing and profoundly challenging. In a creative and much-needed turn to ethnography, the book extends queer theology by showing how the real life stories of sexual migrants can undo normative theologies and expose their shaky foundations. The author sensitively and skilfully documents the sexual stories of three non-normative Christians - Alyce, Caddyman and Cath inviting them to speak for themselves in their own words. Captivating and thought provoking, their stories encourage us to celebrate the fragility and complexity of our sexual lives and to see the temporality of experience as a necessary foundation to all theological inquiry. Through the course of discussion, the sharing of sexual stories emerges as a radical theological praxis that not only points towards the sexual and queer nature of all theology but which also exposes the potential of non-normative Christian experience to trouble and pervert stilted theological ideas. This book brings home the transformative possibilities of deliberately beginning our theologies from the wonderful messiness of our sexual lives." -- Hannah Bacon

About Chris Greenough

Chris Greenough is Senior Lecturer in Theology and Religion at Edge Hill University. His work explores the intersections of sexuality, gender, biography, living experiences and faith.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Life Stories and Sexual Theology 2. Perverting Practical Theology Part One: Queering Practical Theology Part Two: Undoing Queer Theory 3. Intersex Bodies and Christianity, Alyces Story 4. Ex-Gay Ministries and Christianity, Caddymans Story 5. BDSM and Christianity, Caths Story 6. Undoing Theology

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NPB9780334056218
9780334056218
0334056217
Undoing Theology: Life Stories from Non-normative Christians by Chris Greenough
New
Hardback
SCM Press
2018-05-31
256
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