Theological Talk in a Salsa Bar on Wigan Pier

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ID14948918
AuthorsChris Greenough (0000-0002-7465-4643, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume28
Issue2
Pages147-160
Publication date2020-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFeminist Theology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0966-7350 • E-ISSN: 1745-5189
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0966735019883860
OpenAlexW2969526077
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited19

Is bringing together Sarah Coakley and Marcella Althaus-Reid like mixing oil and water? An encounter between a systematic theologian and a contextual, queer theologian might seem artificial, but this article offers critical insights into the work of both scholars, revealing similarities within the tropes of their theological thinking. Aside from navigating sites of possible parallels and conflict between their work, this article springboards their settings by offering a new location – a salsa bar on Wigan Pier – to be able to do theology. Academic writing is largely characterized by adherence to rigour, order and structure but the whole point of queer is to disturb and disrupt established norms. Therefore, by mobilizing the work of Judith Halberstam, this article offers a rich dialogue combining scholars working in gender and sexualities in the form of a play script. Critical commentary on the play text demonstrates the necessity to continue to subvert dominant repetitions in theology

Aesthetics · Art · Aside · Epistemology · Literature · Parallels · Queer · Rigour · Sociology · Theology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Gender Studies · Philosophy · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Theological Perspectives and Practices

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