Kenyan, Christian, queer : religion, LGBT activism, and arts of resistance in Africa / Adriaan Van Klinken.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Africana religionsPublisher: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: xiv, 232 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780271083803
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HQ73.3 VAN 2019
Incomplete contents:
Introduction : From "African homophobia" to queer arts of resistance -- Kenyan queer critique of christianity and homophobia -- Prophetess -- Kenyan claim to queer and Christian love -- Bodywork -- Kenyan queer stories of sexuality and faith -- Positive -- Kenyan queer Christian community -- Ambassador -- Conclusion --Notes --Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: "Examines the role of religion in LGBT activism in Kenya. Offers case studies of creative forms of queer visibility through which Kenyan LGBT individuals organize and present themselves in the public domain while critically engaging and appropriating Christian beliefs, symbols, and practices"--Provided by publisher.
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Introduction : From "African homophobia" to queer arts of resistance -- Kenyan queer critique of christianity and homophobia -- Prophetess -- Kenyan claim to queer and Christian love -- Bodywork -- Kenyan queer stories of sexuality and faith -- Positive -- Kenyan queer Christian community -- Ambassador -- Conclusion --Notes --Bibliography -- Index.

"Examines the role of religion in LGBT activism in Kenya. Offers case studies of creative forms of queer visibility through which Kenyan LGBT individuals organize and present themselves in the public domain while critically engaging and appropriating Christian beliefs, symbols, and practices"--Provided by publisher.

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