Radical Love

This is a very fine introduction to Queer Theology. The author is an Assistant Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology at Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, MA, USA. In this volume, Cheng is especially attentive to both the historical and systematic dimensions of the development of Queer Theology. One of the best features of the book is that Cheng presumes no familiarity on the part of the reader with Queer Theology or LGBT theology (now LGBTIQA—lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, questioning, and allies). He defines terms clearly and carefully, making helpful distinctions between different categories and approaches throughout the book. The overarching thesis of the book, repeated often in various ways, is that “Christian theology itself is a fundamentally queer enterprise because it ... challenges and deconstructs—through radical love—all kinds of binary categories that on the surface seem fixed and unchangeable ... but that ultimately are fluid and malleable” (10). The thread of “radical love” permeates the book at every step. Cheng is also attentive to secondary literature throughout the volume and often summarizes the work of others on the topics he addresses (a thorough bibliography and index will be helpful to the reader as well). In presenting the scholarship of other theorists on Queer Theology, the author weaves his own understanding of “radical love” throughout as a unifying motif.

Divinity · Feminist theology · Homosexuality · Lesbian · Queer · Queer theory · Scholarship · Sociology · Theology · Transgender · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy

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