Trans Formations

Grounding Theology in Trans and Non-Binary Lives

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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Trans Formations is not a book about trans and non-binary Christians it is a book by trans and non-binary Christians. Who they are, what they experience, and what they understand stretches beyond trans-apologetics to formative anthropological and theological notions without which the body of anthropological and theological knowledge is incomplete. They have things to say about God and about being human and their yet-to-be-accessed insights matter. Whilst there is an abundance of material about trans ethics, there is little trans-written theology or theological anthropology that is formative, rather than trans critical or trans-apologetic. Situated within a queer paradigm, this book presents the identities, insights, and ideas of ten diverse trans and non-binary Christians. Alex Clare-Young, through their own identity, experiences, and insights of researching alongside nine other wonderful human-beings, writes their trans formational journey into being. Will you be transformed?

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2024-05-31
Mått135 x 216 x 17 mm
Vikt390 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor274
FörlagSCM Press
ISBN9780334066002

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Acknowledgements ixGod Dances With Us: The Theology in Story 1Prelude: A Love That Will Not Let Me Go – Stacey 51 Introduction 7Interlude 1: Child of God – Ellen 342 What is in a Name? 38Interlude 2: Not Just Tolerated – Evie 403 Process 44Interlude 3: Desire for Connection – Jack 724 Narrating Our Experience 76Interlude 4: It’s Important – River 1095 Breadcrumbs of Delight: Theological Anthropology 112Interlude 5: ‘Gorgeous Gender Fuckery’ – Star 1406 Dancing With God: Theology 144Interlude 6: Is Not That Wonderful? – Sam 1727 Concluding 175Interlude 7: ‘Those Mirroring Things Matter’ – Pat 191Erring 195Postlude: Euphoria – Mike 219Appendix 1: The Theology in Theory 224Appendix 2: An Open Table Communion Liturgy 226Bibliography 234Index of Bible References 253Index of Names and Subjects 254

'...a book many of us have been waiting for. A book that cuts through, with clinical precision, the destructive and oppressive railings of contemporary patriarchal theology, not with trans apologetics, but with a courageous, compassionate, and tender embracing of trans lived experience, and encounters within, the mystery and wonder of God. It is a defiant, joyous, learned celebration of all that is trans, and formed in the image of God.Alex is very much a voice for this time and generation. This is a seminal, breakthrough book in bringing trans theology in from the margins. It is academically rigorous, pastorally sensitive, and oh so refreshing. I think we will look back, and understand this book as being pivotal in changing how mainstream Christianity understands trans and non-binary people. It is rooted in, and builds upon the work of many trans and queer theologians, but moves beyond, creating an intimate and compelling narrative with the ten trans and non-binary people, they inspire to vulnerability, and authoritative, self-disclosure. If God is a self-disclosing God, then this book, reveals God afresh, in the flesh.'