Reimagining Christianity and sexual diversity in Africa / Adriaan van Klinken, Ezra Chitando.

• Introduction : Sexuality, Christianity and African imaginations -- Part one : Reimaging African Christian thought -- 1. Race and sexuality in a theology of Ubuntu : Desmond Tutu -- 2. Gender, sexuality and a theology of fruitfulness : Mercy Oduyoye -- 3. Revolutionary imagination and the ecology of human rights : Jean-Blaise Kenmogne -- 4. Affirming human diversity and embodiment in the face of HIV : Musa W. Dube -- Part Two : Transforming African Christian practice -- 5. Towards sexually competent churches : The ecumenical HIV and AIDS initiatives and advocacy -- 6. Building a progressive Pan-African Christian movement : the fellowship of affirming ministries -- Part Three : Reshaping African Christian culture -- 7. Reclaiming the queer body : Nigerian LGBT life stories of sexuality and faith -- 8. The art of words : LGBTQ poetry, Christianity and flourishing in Africa -- 9. Infinite possibilities in a Nigerian lesbian love story : Under the Udala Trees -- 10. Christianity and visual activism in Kenyan queer film : Rafiki and Same Love -- Conclusion. 

• Religion is often seen as a conservative force in contemporary Africa. In particular, Christian beliefs and actors are usually depicted as driving the opposition to homosexuality and LGBTI rights in African societies. This book nuances that picture, by drawing attention to discourses emerging in Africa itself that engage with religion, specifically Christianity, in progressive and innovative ways—in support of sexual diversity and the quest for justice for LGBTI people.?The authors show not only that African Christian traditions harbour strong potential for countering conservative anti-LGBTI dynamics; but also that this potential has already begun to be realised, by various thinkers, activists and movements across the continent. Their ten case studies document how leading African writers are reimagining Christian thought; how several Christian-inspired groups are transforming religious practice; and how African cultural production creatively appropriates Christian beliefs and symbols. In short, the book explores Christianity as a major resource for a liberating imagination and politics of sexuality and social justice in Africa today. Foregrounding African agency and progressive religious thought, this highly original intervention counterbalances our knowledge of secular approaches to LGBTI rights in Africa, and powerfully decolonises queer theory, theology and politics. 

Ämnesord

Christianity  -- Africa. (LCSH)

Sexual orientation  -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. (LCSH)

Gender identity  -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. (LCSH)

Sexual orientation  -- Africa. (LCSH)

Gender identity  -- Africa. (LCSH)

Sexual minorities  -- Religious life -- Africa. (LCSH)

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