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| author |
Eric A. Thomas
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Queer of Color Biblical Criticism: Race, Sexuality, and the New Testament
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Minoritized Biblical Criticism and Queer Biblical Interpretation are categories in the guild of Biblical Studies that have called for the inclusion of queer scholars of color as necessary discursive partners in articulating the future of the respective fields. This dissertation emerges from the intersection of minoritized and queer contextual approaches to biblical interpretation for the purposes of introducing and deploying a Queer of Color Biblical Criticism. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and allied (LGBTQIA+) persons have contested, ambivalent, and defiant relationships to biblical texts due in large part to the ways in which the social worlds (i.e., religious, cultural, political) they live in maintain barriers to their participation in scriptural meaning-making for liberation, dignity, and intrinsic value within and among their communities of origin. This problem is exacerbated at the crossroads of racism, racialized respectability politics, sexuality, and religion. Queer of Color Biblical Criticism asserts that lived experiences amplified by the canons of the minoritized queer epistemologies in which racialized LGBTQIA+ persons interpret biblical scriptures are relevant for scholarly, ecclesial, and activist visions of freedom and flourishing.
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The Theological School, Drew University
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Ph.D. (2022)
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| advisor |
Stephen D. Moore
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| committee |
Althea Spencer-Miller
Kenneth Ngwa
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