Queer Political Theologies

While religion and queerness often are viewed as disparate, scholars in both fields of study share concerns and questions about how the modern subject, with its attachments to institutions and communities, is formed. This special issue of GLQ brings together queer studies and political theology in order to explore the relationship between the self and politics, theism, and queerness. Going beyond previous work in queer political theology that has focused primarily on Christianity, contributors to this issue consider how queer sexualities appear in other theological contexts, including articles on astrological, Blackpentecostal, Thirunangai, hijra, and sarimbavy ways of life, recentering marginalized and underrepresented minorities, beliefs, and practices.

Contributors
Ashon Crawley, Seth Palmer, Vaibhav Saria, David K. Seitz, Liza Tom, Ricky Varghese, Alexa Winstanley-Smith, Fan Wu

Ricky Varghese is Tanis Doe Post-Doctoral Fellow in Gender, Disability, and Social Justice at Ryerson University and the editor of Raw: PrEP, Pedagogy, and the Politics of Barebacking.

David K. Seitz is Assistant Professor of Cultural Geography at Harvey Mudd College and the author of A House of Prayer for All People: Contesting Citizenship in a Queer Church.

Fan Wu is a performer, writer, and workshop facilitator who holds MAs in Comparative Literature and Cinema Studies from the University of Toronto.