This is a program by the Queer Theology Academy. We will delve into the connections between faith and gender justice, from queer theology and queer biblical interpretation to queer experiences. We don't rely on dichotomies to understand the world, but are willing to step into the complex, contradictory, profound, and possibility-filled field of faith, seeking new perspectives and new paths.
Each episode will be uploaded simultaneously to YouTube and the official QTA website, updated every two weeks. Stay tuned.
By Mau Kwok Lam
Introduction: The "Safety Assessment" at the Church Door
"Do they even let… people like you… in?"
This was the first question asked by Madelyn, the highly supportive sister of transgender theologian Austen Hartke[^1], when he was preparing to apply to seminary. The question carried no malice, yet it laid bare a brutal reality: for LGBTQ+ and gender-diverse Christians, "church" has never been a space they can walk into unconditionally and feel safe.
Have you ever had this experience? Before stepping through the doors of a church, you must stop at the street corner and take a deep breath.
You need to wipe your sweaty palms, adjust your clothes, and quickly boot up a series of mental defense mechanisms: Is my attire
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Does God Create "Flawed Products"? The Pain of Conversion Therapy Survivors and the Theological Liberation of "Reasonable as Natural"
By Mau Kwok Lam
Introduction: When "Repair" Becomes the Deepest Destruction
"You are unnatural. You need to be corrected to return to God's original design."
In many conservative churches and families, this phrase is heralded as the starting point of pastoral care. In order to remain within their faith communities and regain the acceptance of their parents
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Seeing Grace in the Eyes of the Other: Rowan Williams on "The Body's Grace" and Why Sex is an Adventure in Becoming Human
By Mau Kwok Lam
A "Heretical" Essay that Shook the Church's Foundations?
If there is a contemporary theological article that makes conservatives uneasy while providing profound spiritual solace to queer believers, it is surely Rowan Williams' "The Body's Grace."
Written in 1989, before Williams became the Archbishop of Canterbury, he was then the Lady Margaret
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Prison of the Soul or Temple of God? Deconstructing "Sarcophobia" in the Church's DNA
By Mau Kwok Lam
Have you ever had this experience: as you step into the sanctuary to worship God, you subconsciously adjust your posture, shut down your senses, and feel that "feeling your own body" is somehow unspiritual? In church, we learn how to pray, how to read scripture, and how to uplift our souls, but regarding this "flesh and blood" that accompanies us every day, the church's teaching is often
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The "Final Verdict" on Same-Sex Love in the New Testament? Reframing Biblical Perspectives (Part 2): Paul, "Nature," and the Greek Word Controversies
By Mau Kwok Lam
From the Holiness Boundaries of the Old Testament to the "Final Judgment" of the New?
In our previous article, we used the perspectives of Professor Archie Chi Chung Lee and J. Harold Ellens to deconstruct the misreadings of Sodom and Leviticus in the Old Testament. We saw how the "Law of Hospitality" and the "Priestly Order"
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