Theological Talk in a Salsa Bar on Wigan Pier

Is bringing together Sarah Coakley and Marcella Althaus-Reid like mixing oil and water? An encounter between a systematic theologian and a contextual, queer theologian might seem artificial, but this article offers critical insights into the work of both scholars, revealing similarities within the t...

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Published inFeminist theology Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 147 - 160
Main Author Greenough, Chris
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.01.2020
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Sarah Coakley
Marcella Althaus-Reid
queer
Contextual
systematic
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Summary:Is bringing together Sarah Coakley and Marcella Althaus-Reid like mixing oil and water? An encounter between a systematic theologian and a contextual, queer theologian might seem artificial, but this article offers critical insights into the work of both scholars, revealing similarities within the tropes of their theological thinking. Aside from navigating sites of possible parallels and conflict between their work, this article springboards their settings by offering a new location – a salsa bar on Wigan Pier – to be able to do theology. Academic writing is largely characterized by adherence to rigour, order and structure but the whole point of queer is to disturb and disrupt established norms. Therefore, by mobilizing the work of Judith Halberstam, this article offers a rich dialogue combining scholars working in gender and sexualities in the form of a play script. Critical commentary on the play text demonstrates the necessity to continue to subvert dominant repetitions in theology.
ISSN:0966-7350
1745-5189
DOI:10.1177/0966735019883860