04469nam a22005535i 4500 978-3-031-67714-4 DE-He213 20251030112940.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240905s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031677144 978-3-031-67714-4 10.1007/978-3-031-67714-4 doi HQ12-449 JFSJ bicssc SOC032000 bisacsh JBSF thema Robertson, Megan. author. (orcid)0000-0002-2861-152X https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2861-152X aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 83782 Called and Queer [electronic resource] : Lived religion and LGBTQ Methodist Clergy in South Africa / by Megan Robertson. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XIII, 180 p. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Palgrave Studies in Lived Religion and Societal Challenges, 2946-4404 Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Church of Mandela: Black Methodism and Queer Identity -- Chapter 3: Church of Purity: Gender Binaries and Gendered Bodies -- Chapter 4: Church of Ecclesia: Sex, Love and Marriage -- Chapter 5: Conclusion: Queering the MCSA. “‘Called and Queer’ offers a timely and illuminating exploration of faith and queerness, challenging readers to rethink conventional understandings of religion, gender, and sexual identity. A must-read for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the complexities of LGBTQ identities within religious contexts and the ongoing struggle for acceptance and affirmation.” — Prof. Zethu Matebeni, South Africa Research Chair in Sexualities, Genders and Queer Studies “LGBTQ members and clergy in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa continue to use their deep faith to claim space and shape a more just and inclusive Church. I am so grateful for this remarkable book that chronicles such stories. It is an invaluable resource for the Church and society. I highly recommend it!” — Prof. Dion A. Forster, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Methodist Minister This book is the first in-depth study of the lived experiences of queer Christian clergy in an African context. Using a queer lived religion framing, it draws on ethnographic research to analyse how six LGBTQ clergy understand and practice their vocation in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa. Seemingly marginalised in a denomination which maintains that marriage is only between one man and one woman, this book explores why LGBTQ clergy are motivated to live out their calling in the Church and how they make sense of their positions within it. It looks beyond an analysis of a Church based on official doctrinal positions and uncovers the taken-for-granted ways that gender and sex are inscribed in everyday ways of doing and being Church. This book is relevant to students and researchers in gender and sexuality studies, African religious studies, and sociology of religion. Megan Robertson is a scholar of queer and gender studies in religion. She is a UKRI Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Leeds, in the School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science and a research fellow of the Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion and Social Justice at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). Sex. 66477 Africa Religion. 72554 Religion and sociology. 68604 Sexuality Studies. 68460 African Religions. 72555 Sociology of Religion. 68606 Gender Studies. 66478 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031677137 Printed edition: 9783031677151 Printed edition: 9783031677168 Palgrave Studies in Lived Religion and Societal Challenges, 2946-4404 75448 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-67714-4 ZDB-2-LCM ZDB-2-SXL 63140 63140