LGBTQIA+ in the Church
In this latest episode, we learn how to be suspicious of our certainty as we discuss Christian disconnect with LGBTQIA+. Join Knox, Jamie, Erin, and Evan as we explore our own journeys with Church and the LGBTQIA+ community. We’ll define terms, explore the clobber verses, and casually look at the past 2,000 years of sexuality in the Church. What does it look like to hold something openhandedly and is there a limit to how much one should talk about hanging meat? You’ll have to listen to find out!
In this latest episode, we learn how to be suspicious of our certainty as we discuss Christian disconnect with LGBTQIA+. Join Knox, Jamie, Erin, and Evan as we explore our own journeys with Church and the LGBTQIA+ community. We’ll define terms, explore the clobber verses, and casually look at the past 2,000 years of sexuality in the Church. What does it look like to hold something openhandedly and is there a limit to how much one should talk about hanging meat? You’ll have to listen to find out!
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- Hear more about Erin’s experience: Subscribe to The Swipe Up
- Learning Pathway: Blue Babies Pink
- Language Deep-Dive: Check out this glossary
- Clobber Verses: Genesis 19:1-10 | Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 | Romans 1:26-27 | 1 Corinthians 6:9 | 1 Timothy 1:9-10
- Helpful Past Episodes: Lot’s Wife | Philip and the Eunuch
- History Corner: Human Rights Campaign | UCC History | UMC in the News | Largest Denominations | Queer History from Time | LGBTQ in Early Christianity | LGBT History, Literature and Queer Theology | The Origins of LGBTQ-Affirming Churches | None of America’s 100 largest churches are LGBTQ-affirming | Timeline of LGBTQIA+ History in the PC(USA) | Seeking Reconciliation | The Reformation Project | UMC: What is the Church’s position on homosexuality | Catholic Church History | The Gay History of British Royals | Banning Spiritual Brotherhoods and Establishing Marital Chastity in Sixteenth-and Seventeenth-Century Muscovy and Ruthenia | Pew Research | LDS and Same-Sex Attraction | Holy Marriage on Early Christian Sarcophagi | Sarcophagus of “Two Brothers” | Did the Catholics canonize a gay man? | Same-Sex Marriages in Renaissance Rome | Same-sex Weddings in Imperial Rome | The Difference Between a Welcoming Church and an Affirming One Is Huge | Jen Hatmaker’s Facebook Post
- What Side Do You Want With That?: Resources for Navigating the Full Spiritual Spectrum of the Sexuality Buffet: Download on Patreon
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