van Klinken, AS and Phiri, L (2015) “In the Image of God”: Reconstructing and Developing a Grassroots African Queer Theology from Urban Zambia. Theology and Sexuality, 21 (1). pp. 36-52. ISSN 1355-8358
Abstract
This article is a contribution towards the development of queer theologies in contemporary African contexts. Based on fieldwork in the gay community in Lusaka, the capital city of Zambia, the article explores the significance of the theological notion of the Imago Dei, the Image of God, in the self-understanding of Zambian gay men as being gay and Christian. Bringing this incipient grassroots theology into conversation with broader theological discourses, in particular African theology (including African women’s theology) and queer theology, we interrogate current understandings of the Imago Dei that either ignore sexuality or exclude same-sex loving people (in African theology) or that conceptualize queerness from white Western privileged perspectives (in queer theology). Hence we develop the notion of the Imago Dei as a stepping stone towards an African queer theology.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | queer theology; African theology; homosexuality; Image of God; creation; gay identity; Africa; Zambia; Christianity |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) > Theology and Religious Studies (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 02 Nov 2015 15:50 |
Last Modified: | 08 Jul 2016 16:34 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13558358.2015.1115598 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/13558358.2015.1115598 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:91347 |