
Sacred Queer Stories
Ugandan LGBTQ+ Refugee Lives & the Bible
By: Adriaan van Klinken, Johanna Stiebert, Fredrick Hudson, Brian Sebyala
Hardcover | 20 January 2021
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Presenting the deeply moving personal life stories of Ugandan LGBTQ+ refugees in Nairobi, Kenya alongside an analysis of the process in which they creatively engaged with two Bible stories - Daniel in the Lions' Den (Old Testament) and Jesus and the Woman Caught in Adultery (New Testament) - Sacred Queer Stories explores how readings of biblical stories can reveal their experiences of struggle, their hopes for the future, and their faith in God and humanity. Arguing that the telling of life-stories of marginalised people, such as of Ugandan LGBTQ+ refugees, affirms embodied existence and agency, is socially and politically empowering, and enables human solidarity, the authors also show how the Bible as an authoritative religious text and popular cultural archive in Africa is often used against LGBTQ+ people but can also be reclaimed as a site of meaning, healing, and empowerment. The result of a collaborative project between UK-based academics and a Nairobi-based organisation of Ugandan LGBTQ+ refugees, the book provides a valuable insight into the narrative politics and theologies of LGBTQ+ life-storytelling. A key text for those in African Humanities, Queer Studies, Religious Studies, and Refugee Studies, among others, the book expresses an innovative methodology of inter-reading queer life-stories and biblical stories.
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[A] remarkable example of academic research that centers the decolonization and democratization of a field of knowledge and its creators. * Reading Religion *
In Sacred Queer Stories the authors reflect deeply on their positionality as white, UK-based scholars holding a power imbalance with their African participants. They distance themselves from the "white saviour" attitude of many scholars and activists from the Global North, and honour the work of LGBTQ+ African grassroots activists." -- Aminata Cecile Mbaye and Marc Epprecht * Canadian Journal of African Studies *
ISBN: 9781847012838
ISBN-10: 1847012833
Series: Religion in Transforming Africa
Published: 20th January 2021
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 282
Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publisher: James Currey
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 27.5 x 22 x 2
Weight (kg): 0.56
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