Gerard Loughlin 
Queer Theology [PDF ebook] 
Rethinking the Western Body

Notes on Contributors.
Preface.
Introduction: The End of Sex: Gerard Loughlin (University of
Durham).
Part I: Queer Lives.
1 Subjectivity and Belief: Kathy Rudy (Duke University).
2 The Gay Thing: Following the Still Small Voice: James Alison
(writer).
Part II: Queer Church.
3 Sacramental Flesh: Elizabeth Stuart (University of
Winchester).
4 There Is No Sexual Difference: Graham Ward (University of
Manchester).
5 Fecundity: Sex and Social Reproduction: David Matzko Mc Carthy
(Mount St Mary’s University).
Part III: Queer Origins.
6 Eros and Emergence: Catherine Pickstock (Cambridge
University).
7 Omphalos: Gerard Loughlin (University of Durham).
Part IV: Queer/ing Tradition.
8 Against Rabbinic Sexuality: Textual Reasoning and the Jewish
Theology of Sex: Daniel Boyarin (University of California at
Berkeley).
9 Queer Father: Gregory of Nyssa and the Subversion of Identity:
Virginia Burrus (Drew University).
10 Queering the Beguines: Mechthild of Magdeburg, Hadewijch of
Anvers, Marguerite Porete: Amy Hollywood (Harvard Divinity
School).
11 Bodies Demand Language: Thomas Aquinas: Eugene F. Rogers Jr
(University of North Carolina at Greensboro).
12 Love’s Urgent Longings: St John of the Cross:
Christopher Hinkle (doctoral student at Harvard Divinity
School).
13 A Queer Theology: Hans Urs von Balthasar: Rachel Muers
(University of Exeter).
Part V: Queer/ing Modernity.
14 Reformed and Enlightened Church: Jane Shaw (New College,
Oxford).
15 Sex and Secularization: Linda Woodhead (Lancaster
University).
16 ‘Promising Ashes’: A Queer Language of Life:
Grace M. Jantzen (University of Manchester).
17 Antimarriage: Paul Fletcher (Lancaster University).
Part VI: Queer Orthodoxy.
18 Queer Trinity: Gavin D’Costa (University of
Bristol).
19 God’s Body: Mark D. Jordan (Emory University).
20 Queen of Heaven: Tina Beattie (University of Surrey
Roehampton).
21 Desirous Saints: David Matzko Mc Carthy (Mount St Mary’s
University).
Bibliography.
Index of Biblical References.
General Index

Gerard Loughlin is Professor of Theology and Religion at the University of Durham. His previous publications include Telling God’s Story: Bible, Church and Narrative Theology (1996) and Alien Sex: The Body and Desire in Cinema and Theology (Blackwell, 2004). He is a co-editor of the Journal Theology and Sexuality.