This is a program by the Queer Theology Academy. We will delve into the connections between faith and gender justice, from queer theology and queer biblical interpretation to queer experiences. We don't rely on dichotomies to understand the world, but are willing to step into the complex, contradictory, profound, and possibility-filled field of faith, seeking new perspectives and new paths.
Each episode will be uploaded simultaneously to YouTube and the official QTA website, updated every two weeks. Stay tuned.
Preface: A "Heretical" Essay that Shook the Church's Foundations?
If there is a contemporary theological article that makes conservatives uneasy while providing profound spiritual solace to queer believers, it is surely Rowan Williams' "The Body's Grace."
Written in 1989, before Williams became the Archbishop of Canterbury, he was then the Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity at Oxford University. The essay was originally written for a lecture for the Gay and Lesbian Christian Movement. In an era overshadowed by the AIDS crisis and extreme rigidity within the church regarding homosexuality, Williams proposed a theology of the body that did not rely on "laws" or "procreative purposes," but was instead based on the "love of the Trinitarian
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Prison of the Soul or Temple of God?: Deconstructing the "Sarcophobia" in the Church's DNA
Have you ever had this experience: as you step into the sanctuary to worship God, you subconsciously adjust your posture, shut down your senses, and feel that "feeling your own body" is somehow unspiritual? In church, we learn how to pray, how to read scripture, and how to uplift our souls, but regarding this "flesh and blood" that accompanies us every day, the church's teaching is often limited to
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Introduction: From the Legal Boundaries of the Old Testament to the "Final Judgment" of the New?
In our previous article, we used the perspectives of Professor Archie Chi Chung Lee and J. Harold Ellens to deconstruct the misreadings of Sodom and Leviticus in the Old Testament. We saw how the "Law of Hospitality" and the "Priestly Order" have been erroneously appropriated as weapons of homophobia.
However, many believers retreat to the final line of defense—the New Testament. They believe
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Historical Deconstruction of Homosexuality and Old Testament Texts
By Mau Kwok Lam
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Between Fear and Truth
In today’s churches and Chinese Christian communities, "homosexuality" is often treated as a "monstrous beast." Many believers hold a firm intuition that the Bible's stance on this issue is extremely clear, certain, and consistently oppositional. We are told that homosexual acts are "sin," "abominable" to God, and that the destruction of Sodom is the clearest
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The Truth of Biblical Marriage (Part 2): Does God Really Hate Divorce? From Ethnic Boundaries to Jesus' Radical Reform
By Mau Kwok Lam
Continuing from the deconstruction of biblical marriage structures in the previous article, we understand that marriage in antiquity was an institution steeped in property and power. However, in the biblical narrative, marriage carried another heavy burden: the survival and purity of the ethnic group.
When this line of defense collapses, or when a marriage
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