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A Queer Take on Christmas: Exploring the Possibilities of Incarnational Theology in Transatlantic Religious Debates on Human Sexuality
Posted on December 31, 2014 Leave a Comment
Transatlantic Crossings and Religion Religious belief and liturgical practice have been productive as they has traveled across the Atlantic. Belief and practice structure socioeconomic patterns of inclusion and exclusion, networks of political power, and the boundaries of cultural normativity. They also infuse daily practice and moderate the temperament and rhythm of lives in the communities […]
Oscar Wilde, Victorian moral geographies and Empire
Posted on December 24, 2014 Leave a Comment
Oscar Wilde challenged the moralism of Victorian England and is frequently cited as the leading victim of Victorian puritanism (Adut 2005). His evident and much publicized transgression of dominant views on gender and sexuality culminated in his stigmatization and imprisonment. However, it could be argued that while Wilde’s case exposed processes that controlled bodies and morality […]
