Queering Christ: Beyond Jesus Acted Up [Hardcover]

Robert E. Goss (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2003

In Queering Christ, Robert E. Goss summarizes a decade of his thinking as a queer Christian theologian, sharing his queering of four critical areas: sexuality, Christ, the Bible, and theology.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Pilgrim Press (April 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0829814981
• ISBN-13: 978-0829814989
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #323,510 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Overview of Modern Gay Theology, August 20, 2005

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This review is from: Queering Christ: Beyond Jesus Acted Up (Hardcover)

Because of the great debate in America today about gay marriage and the role of gays in the church, students of the historical Christ will eventually find themselves needing to address the issue of homosexuality in relationship to Christianity. Goss's earlier book Jesus Acted Up was something of a milestone when it was published in 1993. Although gay theology was not new at that time, Goss' approach was unusually direct. Now with Queering Christ written ten years later, Goss updates us about the possibility of a gay/bisexual Christ, a gay-friendly Bible, and the attitudes about homosexuality in the churches today. Goss also discusses the spiritual dimensions of gay sex in more generic terms, sometimes in a very explicit manner. However, this book is more of a summary, and it often requires us to go directly to the sources that Goss mentions in order to flesh out his arguments. I think that this book would have benefited from another 100 pages to really do justice to the issues that he tackles since they constitute such a broad and hot-button subject.