Susannah Cornwall – black flag theology

unknowing and theological queerness

Theological queerness is not simply a question of queer theology disrupting ‘mainstream’ theology; rather, all theology is somehow simultaneously strange, weak and marginal, and potently disruptive of a mindset which says it is possible to comprehend (or encompass) all the mysteries of the universe. Gerard Loughlin comments, “Even when theology was culturally dominant it was strange,Continue reading “unknowing and theological queerness”

theologians don’t fear atheists, it’s actually bodies

“When incarnation figures in the basic theological premises of faith, the body’s complicated implication in divinity cannot be wholly spiritualized or wholly denied. Put another way, the body–bodies–always return to disrupt theological attempts at containment.” – Beyond Monotheism by Laurel Schneider Bodies cause most theologians to tremble.* Systematic theology books ignore the subject of bodiesContinue reading “theologians don’t fear atheists, it’s actually bodies”