Transgressing the father figure: performing queer theology as an act of liberation
This chapter examines the intersection of power, ritual, and the sacred through the lens of performing drag as a tool to subvert dominant notions of theological discourse. Grounded in Cheng’s assertion that queer theology is transgressive (Radical Love) and Althaus-Reid’s Indecent Theology, the foun...
| Authors: | ; |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2017]
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| In: |
Theology & sexuality
Year: 2017, Volume: 23, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 67-92 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Holy See (motif)
/ Catholic upbringing
/ Church office
/ Ritual
/ The Holy
/ Drag king
/ Queer theology
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion KDB Roman Catholic Church NBE Anthropology RB Church office; congregation |
| Further subjects: | B
Drag
B Performativity B Catholicism B Performance B drag kings |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | This chapter examines the intersection of power, ritual, and the sacred through the lens of performing drag as a tool to subvert dominant notions of theological discourse. Grounded in Cheng’s assertion that queer theology is transgressive (Radical Love) and Althaus-Reid’s Indecent Theology, the foundational text which introduces the concept of theology as destabilizing and grounded in subversion, particularly in the realm of sexuality, we critique the forces of power operating within Catholicism. We ask: Whose bodies are allowed to play a powerful role in Catholicism? How has ritual performance perpetuated the colonization of the mind/spirit and how can it be used to undo that same colonization? In discussing a public drag performance using George Michael’s “Father Figure,” we suggest the possibility of liberation that exists in bringing theology into queer spaces, extending theology beyond the realm of religious institutions or the academy. |
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| ISSN: | 1355-8358 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology & sexuality
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