Full Description
What does it mean to be a prophet in queer times? Considering first the queerness of the prophet Jonah, this volume then broadens its scope to the queer prophetic in our own time, reflecting on what makes a prophet 'queer', and considering how public theology is itself, an example of the queer prophetic.
With a broad range of international contributors, this book offers a bold and essential new addition to queer biblical studies literature.
Contents
Contributors Introduction Part 1: Queering the Prophet Jonah 1 These Are the Days of Raw Despondence: Finding a Queer Kindred in the Book of Jonah Charlene van der Walt 2 Prophecy and Consent: The Case of Jonah Rhiannon Graybill 3 Under a Desert Plant: Queer Heterotopias in Jonah Steed Davidson 4 'When the World No Longer Appears the Right Way Up:' Queering Time, Space, and the Prophetic Body in Jonah 2 L Juliana Claassens 5 Queering Memories of Nineveh as 'Great City' in the Book of Jonah: Challenging Presuppositions of Power in Post-exilic Yehud 6 Queering the Straight Jonah - A Reception-Exegetical Exploration Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer 7 Would Vishnu Save Jonah's Poor Fishie?: A Transtextual Query Jione Havea Part 2: Becoming Queer Prophets 8 Queering the Prophetic Process: From Jonah to the Ujamma Centre's CBS on Galatians Gerald West and Tracey Sibisi 9 On the Public Intellectual as Queer Prophet: Considering the Activism of Zethu Matebeni and Charlene van der Walt Ashwin Afrikanus Thyssen, 10 Becoming a Queer Prophet: Desmond Tutu, Embodiment and Speaking Out for LGBTIQ+ Equality Jacob Meiring 11 What Makes a Queer Prophet? Charisma, Authority and Counter-Knowledges in the Ministry of a Kenyan Intersex Apostle Stephen Kapinde and Adriaan van Klinken 12 Queering the Publics: Reflections on Truth by Prophetic Practitioners Nokuthula Mjwara, Hanzline R. Davids, Louis van der Riet, and Ashwin Thyssen 13 Womanist Biblical Interpretation's Prophetic Potential Sheurl Davis, Madré Arendse and Ashwin Thyssen
