Reimagining Christianity and Sexual Diversity in Africa

Name: Reimagining Christianity and Sexual Diversity in Africa
Brand: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
SKU: 9781787385719
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Szerző: Adriaan van Klinken, Ezra Chitando

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Kiadó: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd

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Religion is often seen as a conservative force in contemporary Africa. In particular, Christian beli...

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Szerző

Adriaan van Klinken, Ezra Chitando

Nyelv

Angol

Kötés

Könyv - Puha kötésű

Kiadva

2021

oldal

264

EAN

9781787385719

ISBN

178738571X

Enbook ID

35414327

Kiadó

C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd

Súly

346

Méretek

215 x 144 x 27

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Religion is often seen as a conservative force in contemporary Africa. In particular, Christian beliefs and actors are usually depicted as driving the opposition to homosexuality and LGBTI rights in African societies. This book nuances that picture, by drawing attention to discourses emerging in Africa itself that engage with religion, specifically Christianity, in progressive and innovative ways--in support of sexual diversity and the quest for justice for LGBTI people. The authors show not only that African Christian traditions harbour strong potential for countering conservative anti-LGBTI dynamics; but also that this potential has already begun to be realised, by various thinkers, activists and movements across the continent. Their ten case studies document how leading African writers are reimagining Christian thought; how several Christian-inspired groups are transforming religious practice; and how African cultural production creatively appropriates Christian beliefs and symbols. In short, the book explores Christianity as a major resource for a liberating imagination and politics of sexuality and social justice in Africa today. Foregrounding African agency and progressive religious thought, this highly original intervention counterbalances our knowledge of secular approaches to LGBTI rights in Africa, and powerfully decolonises queer theory, theology and politics.

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