{"product_id":"the-sexual-politics-of-black-churches-9780231188333","title":"The Sexual Politics of Black Churches","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn essays and conversations, leading writers reflect on how Black churches have participated in recent discussions about issues such as marriage equality, reproductive justice, and transgender visibility. They consider the varied ways that Black people and groups negotiate the intersections of religion, race, gender, and sexuality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Black church is a complexly rich institution, and its sexual politics are even more complex. Yet the Black church has been caricatured as culturally monolithic and its sexual politics as dogmatically conservative. \u003ci\u003eThe Sexual Politics of Black Churches\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the inaccurate and gross simplification of both of these characterizations. The interdisciplinary voices and varied approaches represented in this volume provide the kind of cultural, theological, historical, and political analyses that are necessary if one is ever to appreciate the intricate nature of Black churches and their sometime opaque sexual politics. For anyone who wants to move beyond the stereotypic tropes about Black churches as stubbornly homophobic, this volume is a must read. It does not simply build upon previous studies of Black church sexual politics; rather, it provides a new interdisciplinary approach that allows for a nuanced understanding of what has seemed too easily misunderstood and casually dismissed. -- The Very Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas, author of \u003ci\u003eResurrection Hope: A Future Where Black Lives Matter\u003c\/i\u003e and dean of Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary\u003cbr\u003eBlack churches have been stalked by flat-footed depictions of civil rights mythology on one hand and homophobia on the other. Thankfully, this volume brings together leading scholars and thinkers to trouble those waters, helping all of us to see a history and present that is far more complex, interesting, and beautiful. -- Lerone Martin, associate professor of religious studies, Martin Luther King, Jr., Centennial Chair, director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute, Stanford University\u003cbr\u003eAttitudes about LGBTQ rights have changed dramatically in the United States since the start of the twenty-first century and the legalization of same-sex marriage by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2015. Communities of faith have both championed and challenged these changes. In this important and timely work, scholars explore Black churches’ responses to questions of gender, sexual identity, and marriage equality. It is a must-read for those doing ministry in the twenty-first century and those thinking about the future of Black religious faith and sexuality. -- Marla Frederick, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Religion and Culture, Candler School of Theology, Emory University\u003cbr\u003eCombining the genres of dialogue and essay, Josef Sorett curates one of the most rigorous and riveting engagements with the state of the Black church and its political-cultural-sexual complexities. This collection overthrows theological and critical tables, providing essential and original close readings of the contemporary Black church, its pitfalls and possibilities. \u003ci\u003eThe Sexual Politics of Black Churches\u003c\/i\u003e is a refreshing and welcomed contribution to Black church and sexuality studies! -- Jeffrey Q. McCune, director of the Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies, University of Rochester\u003cbr\u003eJosef Sorett and the team of scholars, practitioners, artists, and thinkers—blended at the intersections of their expertise—present readers with an invitation to explore and feel our way through important discussions of blackness, sexuality, and church\/spiritual politics. Written and presented as a communal practice of listening, learning, and \"reasoning together,\" this volume illuminates what matters today in black religious discourse. -- Thelathia “Nikki\" Young, author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Queer Ethics, Family and Philosophical Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI am a Same-Gender Loving African American Woman, Pastor, Bishop, Teacher, Preacher, Mother and evolving-Pentecostal Justice Warrior! I find my whole self and my community deeply situated in \u003ci\u003eThe Sexual Politics of Black Churches\u003c\/i\u003e…a collection of experiences and studies focused on The Black Church and Sexuality. It was a joy to be part of the conversations, and the finished product is filled with scholarship and liberation power! May the Black Church and all of Her beautiful Spirit-filled Children read and experience the Christ-Call to Radical Inclusivity \u0026amp; Extravagant Grace! -- Rev. Dr. Yvette A. Flunder, presiding bishop of the Fellowship of Affirming Ministries\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sexual Politics of Black Churches\u003c\/i\u003e is not only timely—even overdue—but especially rewarding intellectually, politically, and ethically. Advancing conversations on sexuality and Black Christianity, this work is essential reading for anyone interested in Black Christianity in general, in religion and sexuality, in studies of religion and race, and in accounts of theology and politics in the U.S. A wonderful achievement. -- Anthony Petro, author of \u003ci\u003eAfter the Wrath of God: AIDS, Sexuality, and American Religion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction, by Josef Sorett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. A Call to Conversation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.  Religion, Race \u0026amp; Sexuality in American Culture: A Public  Conversation, featuring Victor Anderson, Serene Jones, and Barbara  Savage; moderated by Cathy Cohen and Josef Sorett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eII. Sacred Texts, Social Authority, Sexual Difference\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. Jephthah’s Daughter and #SayHerName, by Nyasha Junior\u003cbr\u003e3. An Inconsistent Truth: The New Testament, Early Christianity, and Sexuality, by Michael Joseph Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII. Historical and Cultural Formations of Black (Christian) Sexual Politics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4.  “Have the Sons of Africa No Souls?” Manliness, Freedom and Power in the  Cultural Roots of Afro-Phallic Protestantism, by Jonathan Lee Walton\u003cbr\u003e5.  Everybody Knew He Was “That Way”: Chicago’s Clarence H. Cobbs, American  Religion, and Sexuality during the Post-World War II Period, by Wallace  Best\u003cbr\u003e6. Interrogating the Passionate and Pious: Televangelism and Black Women’s Sexuality, by Monique Moultrie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV. Identity and Inclusion in Black Churches\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7.  The Self Interested Politics of Collective Religious Transformation:  Issues of Family Definition and LGBT Inclusion in Black Churches, by  Melynda J. Price\u003cbr\u003e8. Intersectional Invisibility and the Experience of  Ontological Exclusion: The Case of Black Gay Christians, by Valerie  Purdy-Greenaway, Richard Eibach, and Nick Camp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eV. Theological and Pastoral Visions of Inclusive Black Churches\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e9. Gay Is the New Black, Theologically Speaking, by Monica A. Coleman\u003cbr\u003e10. Flesh That Needs to be Loved: Wounded Black Bodies and Preachin’ in the Spirit, by Luke A. Powery\u003cbr\u003e11. Aiding and Abetting New Life: “Sex-Talk” in the Pulpit, Pew and Public Square, by Brad R. Braxton\u003cbr\u003e12. An Experiment in Inclusion: A Conversation with Christine and Dennis Wiley, an Interview by Derrick W. McQueen\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue by Josef Sorett\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eList of Contributors\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51534923202903,"sku":"9780231188333","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231188333.jpg?v=1755858064","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-sexual-politics-of-black-churches-9780231188333","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}