The Precarity of LGBTQ Catholic (Religious) Educators: A Theological Provocation to Teaching as a Call
This article addresses a gap in research on LGBTQ inclusion in Catholic schools that has largely been silent on the experiences of non-heterosexual Catholic teachers. I consider how Judith Butler’s conception of precarity sheds light on the complex positionality of LGBTQ Catholic (religious) educato...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2021
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Religious education
Year: 2021, Volume: 116, Issue: 5, Pages: 454-466 |
Further subjects: | B
Heteronormativity
B LGBTQ Catholic teachers B Precarity B Vocation B recognizability |
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Summary: | This article addresses a gap in research on LGBTQ inclusion in Catholic schools that has largely been silent on the experiences of non-heterosexual Catholic teachers. I consider how Judith Butler’s conception of precarity sheds light on the complex positionality of LGBTQ Catholic (religious) educators in the heteronormative setting of Catholic schools. This precarity, I argue, ought to provoke us to reclaim an incarnational theology of teaching as a call, which counters a restrictive language of ministerial identity that has been used against them to maintain the heteronormative ecclesial discourse on sexuality in the Catholic church. |
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ISSN: | 1547-3201 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Religious education
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/00344087.2021.1985757 |