What is it about?
The secular talk of enabling LGBT persons to ‘be themselves’ often results in a rather narrow and static understanding of sexual identity. The conservative Protestant counter-discourse on ‘being in Christ’ subordinates homosexual identity to Christian identity – or even rejects it. Critically analysing these rhetorics, I propose a more queer and Catholic concept of sacramental characters.
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Why is it important?
What about making a queer Catholic proposal in a predominantly secular/Protestant country that has been witnessing a rise in homonationalism?
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This page is a summary of: Sexual and Religious Regimes of the Self in Dutch Discourses about Homosexuality: A Queer Theological Analysis and Alternative, International Journal of Public Theology, November 2018, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/15697320-12341547.
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