LEADER 04613nam 22007095 450 001 9910886987403321 005 20250923014308.0 010 $a9783031677144 010 $a3031677145 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-67714-4 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31650799 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31650799 035 $a(CKB)34843069800041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-67714-4 035 $a(OCoLC)1455499867 035 $a(EXLCZ)9934843069800041 100 $a20240905d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCalled and Queer $eLived religion and LGBTQ Methodist Clergy in South Africa /$fby Megan Robertson 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (189 pages) 225 1 $aPalgrave Studies in Lived Religion and Societal Challenges,$x2946-4404 311 08$a9783031677137 311 08$a3031677137 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aChapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Church of Mandela: Black Methodism and Queer Identity -- Chapter 3: Church of Purity: Gender Binaries and Gendered Bodies -- Chapter 4: Church of Ecclesia: Sex, Love and Marriage -- Chapter 5: Conclusion: Queering the MCSA. 330 $a??Called and Queer? offers a timely and illuminating exploration of faith and queerness, challenging readers to rethink conventional understandings of religion, gender, and sexual identity. A must-read for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the complexities of LGBTQ identities within religious contexts and the ongoing struggle for acceptance and affirmation.? ? Prof. Zethu Matebeni, South Africa Research Chair in Sexualities, Genders and Queer Studies ?LGBTQ members and clergy in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa continue to use their deep faith to claim space and shape a more just and inclusive Church. I am so grateful for this remarkable book that chronicles such stories. It is an invaluable resource for the Church and society. I highly recommend it!? ? Prof. Dion A. Forster, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Methodist Minister This book is the first in-depth study of the lived experiences of queer Christian clergy in an African context. Using a queer lived religion framing, it draws on ethnographic research to analyse how six LGBTQ clergy understand and practice their vocation in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa. Seemingly marginalised in a denomination which maintains that marriage is only between one man and one woman, this book explores why LGBTQ clergy are motivated to live out their calling in the Church and how they make sense of their positions within it. It looks beyond an analysis of a Church based on official doctrinal positions and uncovers the taken-for-granted ways that gender and sex are inscribed in everyday ways of doing and being Church. This book is relevant to students and researchers in gender and sexuality studies, African religious studies, and sociology of religion. Megan Robertson is a scholar of queer and gender studies in religion. She is a UKRI Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Leeds, in the School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science and a research fellow of the Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion and Social Justice at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). 410 0$aPalgrave Studies in Lived Religion and Societal Challenges,$x2946-4404 606 $aSex 606 $aAfrica$xReligion 606 $aReligion and sociology 606 $aSexuality Studies 606 $aAfrican Religions 606 $aSociology of Religion 606 $aGender Studies 606 $aLGBTQ+ Christians$2homoit$3https://homosaurus.org/v4/homoit0000265 606 $aLGBTQ+ clergy$2homoit$3https://homosaurus.org/v4/homoit0001624 606 $aAfrican LGBTQ+ people$2homoit$3https://homosaurus.org/v4/homoit0004180 615 0$aSex. 615 0$aAfrica$xReligion. 615 0$aReligion and sociology. 615 14$aSexuality Studies. 615 24$aAfrican Religions. 615 24$aSociology of Religion. 615 24$aGender Studies. 615 7$aLGBTQ+ Christians. 615 7$aLGBTQ+ clergy. 615 7$aAfrican LGBTQ+ people. 676 $a253.2 700 $aRobertson$b Megan$01792400 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910886987403321 996 $aCalled and Queer$94330848 997 $aUNINA