Jesus acted up : a gay and lesbian manifesto /

A gay activist and former Jesuit priest confronts the homophobia of institutional religion, arguing that Jesus was a radical activist who advocated anti-establishment principles and calling for churches to open congregations to gay and lesbian Christians.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Goss, Robert (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	San Francisco : HarperSanFrancisco, [1993]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Homosexuality > Religious aspects > Christianity. Queer theory. Queer theology. Queer Christology. AIDS cultural activism. Religious homophobia. Gays and religion. Gay politics. Queer Bible - Hermeneutics. The closet. Medical constructions of homosexuality. AIDS and homophobia. Gay-bashing. ACT UP. Same-sex union. Gay marriage. Gay ministry. "Stop the Church" Action.

Table of Contents:

1. The Social Organization of Homophobia. The Language of Hatred. The Medicalization of Homosexuality. The Holy Crusade. Institutional Homophobia. AIDS and Homophobia. Anti-Gay/Lesbian Violence
2. Gay and Lesbian Silence Is Broken. "Closeted Sexuality" World War II: The Emergence of Gay/Lesbian Bodies. The Stonewall Rebellion. Coming Out. Reformist vs. Transgressive Politics. Off the Couches into the Streets" Gay and Lesbian Cultural Space. The Ravages of HIV Infection. Silence = Death, Action = Life. Grass-roots Activism for Social Change. Foucault and the New Politics of Pleasure
3. From Christ the Oppressor to Jesus the Liberator. The Deconstruction of Christology. Sexuality and Christology. The Retrieval of Jesus' Basileia Practice. The Politics of the Cross. Easter: The Queer Christ. Practical Implications of a Queer Christology
4. A Queer Biblical Hermeneutics. The Failure of Biblical Scholarship. "Texts of Terror" The Emergence of Biblical Sodomy
Deconstructing Biblical Terrorism. Reading the Bible as Critical Practice. The Privilege of the Nonperson. Queer Biblical Cnticism. "Dangerous Memories"
5. Embracing the Exile. The Failure of Justice. Why Stay in the Church? The Exile. Creating Queer Christian Base Communities. Preaching to a Queer Base Community. Sacramentalizing Queer Experience. Initiation Practices. Breaking Bread and Sharing the Cup. Healing and Reconciliation. The Blessing of Same-Sex Unions. Recognition of Queer Ministry. Queer Base Community: Sacrament of God's Reign
6. The Struggle for Sexual Justice. Jesus and the "Stop the Temple" Disturbance. Jesus: The Model for Transgressive Practice. "Stop the Church" Actions. Critical Practice in the Queer Community
7. God as Love-Making and Justice-Doing. Re-Visioning God as Erotic Power. God Coempowers Solidarity and Justice. "No Excluded Ones" "The Personal Is Political"
8. Prophetic Queers: ACT UP, FIGHT BACK
Appendix: Michel Poucault: Genealogical Critique. "The Insurrection of Subjugated Knowledges" Power/Knowledge and the Battle for Truth. The Social Construction of Sexuality.