Lee Edelman and the Queer Study of Religion

Lee Edelman and the Queer Study of Religion

Description

This book takes the groundbreaking work of Lee Edelman in queer theory and, for the first time, demonstrates its importance and relevance to contemporary theology, biblical studies, and religious studies. It argues that despite extensive interest in Edelman’s work, we have barely begun to understand the significance of Edelman’s ideas both in their own right and with respect to the study of religion. Therefore, it offers fresh approaches to Edelman’s work that necessarily complicate the established interpretations of his thinking. With essays by rising and established scholars, as well as a response by Edelman himself, it contends that by fully engaging Edelman, scholars of religion will have to confront negativity and its consequences in ways that will contribute to reshaping the terrain of scholarship on religion, race, sexuality, and social change. The insights provided in this book are new territory for much of the study of religion. As such, it will be of keen interest to scholars of religious studies, theology, and Biblical studies, as well as gender studies and queer, feminist, and critical race theory.

ISBN

9780367313494

Publication Date

12-7-2023

Publisher

Routledge

City

London

DOI

10.4324/9781032638454

Keywords

Humanities, Language & Literature, Social Sciences

School

School of Arts and Sciences

Department

Religious Studies

Disciplines

Gender and Sexuality | Religion | Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

Comments

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Lee Edelman and the Queer Study of Religion

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