Freedom’s False Promises
At its core, what we are lacking is a power analysis—a clear, honest account of who holds power, how they wield it, and at whose expense. Without this analysis, we are left to blame ourselves for the conditions we live in: economic precarity for the working majority, escalating threats to civil rights based on gender, sex, and race, and the climate crisis that threatens our collective future.
Another Argument for Inclusion? A Review of ‘The Widening of God’s Mercy’
Tim Markatos finds The Widening of God’s Mercy at once authoritative and gentle even as he wonders whether framing conversations around sexuality in terms of inclusion is ultimately doomed from the start.
Following Jesus at the End of Empire
Roberto Che Espinoza, a Trans activist, theologian, and pastor reflects on what Alfred, New York, has taught him about following Jesus at the end of the US empire and amid the political crises of a second Trump presidency.
“Good Teacher, what shall I do?” Lee Edelman’s Bad Education
Kendall Gunter reviews Lee Edelman’s Bad Education, asking if queer theology provides a better response for how to love the world.
Remoralizing Sex
Christine Emba’s recent book attempts to diagnose the malaise of contemporary sex culture. But her persistent avoidance of queer experience and theory, as well as an insufficient analysis of capitalism, thwarts her attempt at a new sexual ethic beyond consent.
Gays Behaving Badly
A new book from the creators of the Bad Gays podcast explores the morally problematic lives of queer people from ancient to modern times. What unites these figures isn’t their “transgressiveness” but their persistent refusal of solidarity.
Solidarity With Trans Lives is How We Fight the Right
Conservatives are uniting behind a neofascist project and trans people are a prime target for violence. The Church can’t settle for anything less than costly solidarity with trans lives, claiming political conflict as a necessary consequence of Christian love.
The Anti-Trans Onslaught Is Just Beginning
The longer project of the anti-gender right is just beginning to unfold. This fascistic movement must be fought. At stake is the very survival of trans people.
Sanctuary for Trans Lives
Gov. Abbot’s order to investigate trans children is a clarion call for the church. For the sake of our trans neighbors, out-organizing the right is not just an option, it is a matter of survival.
The Fags and the Cha-Ching
The late Christopher Chitty’s groundbreaking book, Sexual Hegemony, is a truly queer work, an unconventional intellectual project that is of great importance for theologians who want to make sense of queer life.