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GLBT Week 2005
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 Do not be Conformed to this World: queer reading and the task of the preacher
Ken Stone
Queer readings of the Bible are sometimes understood to be irrelevant for uses of the Bible in theology, theological education, and ministry. This address challenges that understanding by considering ways in which portions of the Bible take positions vis-à-vis religious tradition that parallel moves made in queer theory and queer theology. Using the task of preaching as an example, the address suggests that queer readings can be useful for the practice of Christian ministry even as such readings challenge certain 'common-sense' conceptions of ministry, theological education, and religious community.
This lecture was subsequently published in Theology & Sexuality , 2007, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 153-165.
This lecture is housed on the DSpace server of LTS.
Ken Stone is an author, Professor of Bible, Culture and Hermeneutics at Chicago Theological Seminary and a member of the United Church of Christ. He chairs the Reading, Theory and the Bible Section of the Society of Biblical Literature. The winner of a Lambda Literary Award, Stone focuses much of his research and writing on the relationship between biblical interpretation and matters of gender and sexuality. His other research and teaching interests include interdisciplinary approaches to biblical interpretation; neglected areas of the Canon; and possibilities for rethinking biblical theology in the contemporary, “postmodern” world.
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