Controversies in Queer Theology
- ISBN-10
- 0334043557
- ISBN-13
- 9780334043553
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 294
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd
- Author
- Susannah Cornwall
Description
An introduction to one of the most challenging areas of contextual theology. Queer theology is a significant new development and central to much current teaching and thinking about gender, sexuality and the body.
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