Representations of Homosexuality: Black Liberation Theology and Cultural Criticism
This book challenges black religious and cultural critics to rethink theological and ethical approaches to homosexuality. Sneed demonstrates how black liberation theology and has often characterized homosexuality as a problem to be solved, and his work here offers a different way for black religious scholars to approach black homosexuality and religious experiences.\ Drawing on a range of black gay writers from Essex Hemphill to J.L. King, Sneed identifies black gay men's literature as a rich...
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This book challenges black religious and cultural critics to rethink theological and ethical approaches to homosexuality. Sneed demonstrates how black liberation theology and has often characterized homosexuality as a problem to be solved, and his work here offers a different way for black religious scholars to approach black homosexuality and religious experiences.Drawing on a range of black gay writers from Essex Hemphill to J.L. King, Sneed identifies black gay men's literature as a rich source for theological and ethical reflection and points black religious scholarship toward an ethics of openness.
Series Editors' Preface ixAcknowledgments xiiiIntroduction 11 Black Liberation Theology, Cultural Criticism, and the Problem of Homosexuality 232 Black Religious Criticism and Representations of Homosexuality 533 Black Theology and Homosexuality Revisited: Black Queer Theologians Respond 874 The Representations of Homosexuality in Black Gay Men's Writing 1075 Religious Experience in Black Gay Men's Writings 1336 Reconstructing Black Gay Male Identity beyond "The DL" 157Conclusion: Toward an Ethics of Openness 175Afterword 193Notes 199Bibliography 211Index 217
