Rainbow Theology. Patrick S. Cheng
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ADVANCE PRAISE for Rainbow Theology
“This is a landmark book. It not only brings to the center of theological reflection the silenced but vibrant voices of LGBTIQ persons of color, but it charts ground-breaking directions for religious thought, church practices, and social and political analysis. This book is innovative, passionate, and challenging. With his rainbow theology Patrick Cheng provides for us piercing insights into God, the world, and ourselves that have been hidden from us because of our monochromatic views of the world and God. It is a must read for anyone committed to a more just world.”
— Kelly Brown Douglas, Goucher College
Author of Sexuality and the Black Church: A Womanist Perspective
“With characteristic grace, Cheng not only turns the complex categories of race and sexuality into accessible speech, he links them to spirit without missing a beat. Tracing commonalities while deeply respecting differences, he challenges readers to allow queer of color lived experiences of multiplicity, middle spaces, and mediation to form a more viable framework for constructive theology.”
—Laurel C. Schneider, Vanderbilt University
Author of Beyond Monotheism: A Theology of Multiplicity
“Patrick Cheng is one of the first theologians to substantively engage queer of color critique, thus fundamentally challenging the parameters of not only queer theology, but theology as a whole. This amazing book combines reader accessibility with theoretical sophistication. Cheng does not homogenize queer of color theology, but provides a comprehensive analysis of its multiple strands. The book is truly groundbreaking.”
—Andrea Smith, University of California, Riverside
Author of Native Americans and the Christian Right: The Gendered Politics of Unlikely Alliances
“In a world dominated by a binary, either-or, monochromatic approach to diversity, Rainbow Theology challenges us to recover and reclaim a theological framework that has been there from the beginning of Christianity – a place where a multiplicity of experiences and identities are held in creative tension. A place where we can create a truly inclusive beloved community of Christ.”
—Eric H.F. Law, Kaleidoscope Institute
Author of Holy Currencies: Six Blessings for Sustainable Missional Ministries
RAINBOW THEOLOGY
Bridging Race, Sexuality, and Spirit
PATRICK S. CHENG
Copyright © 2013 by Patrick S. Cheng
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written permission of the publisher.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Cheng, Patrick S.
Rainbow theology : bridging race, sexuality, and spirit / Patrick S. Cheng.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-59627-241-5 (pbk.) -- ISBN 978-1-59627-242-2 (ebook) 1. Church and minorities. 2. Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Christianity. 3. Multiculturalism--Religious aspects--Christianity. 4. Ethnicity--Religious aspects--Christianity 5. Race--Religious aspects--Christianity. I. Title.
BV639.M56C44 2013
230.08--dc23
2013000911
Cover design by Laurie Klein Westhafer
Typeset by Denise Hoff
Seabury Books
445 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10016
An imprint of Church Publishing Incorporated
To queer of color theologians,past, present, and future.
Contents
Part I—Race, Sexuality, and Spirit
3. Queer Asian American Theologies
4. Queer Latina/o Theologies
5. Two-Spirit Indigenous Scholarship
Part II—Rainbow Theology
6. Introducing Rainbow Theology
7. Multiplicity
8. Middle Spaces
9. Mediation
10. Example: Rainbow Christology
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
This book would not have been possible without the support of the Episcopal Divinity School community, including my faculty colleagues Angela Bauer-Levesque, Stephen Burns, Christopher Duraisingh, Suzanne Ehly, Miriam Gelfer, Bill Kondrath, Joan Martin, Kwok Pui-lan, Katherine Hancock Ragsdale, Ed Rodman, Susie Snyder, Fredrica Harris Thompsett, Larry Wills, and Gale Yee. Special thanks goes to the EDS and Sherrill Library staff, especially Chris Carr, Aura Fluett, Jamie Glass, Scott Kinkade, Jeffrey Perkins, and Stephanie Nelson.
I am grateful to those who have commented on the draft manuscript in whole or in part, including Darren Arquero, Mike Campos, Vincent Cervantes, Hugo Córdova Quero, Thomas Eoyang, Joe Goh, Robyn Henderson-Espinoza, Pamela Lightsey, Catherine Owens, Andy Smith, Lai Shan Yip, and Nikki Young. I am also grateful to those people who have given me feedback about the ideas in this book, including individuals from the following communities: Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry; Chicago Theological Seminary; Episcopal Divinity School; Human Rights Campaign Summer Institute; Pacific School of Religion; Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York; Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning; and Wellesley College. Of course, all errors in the book are my responsibility alone.
During the writing of this book, I have been sustained by my friends in the following communities: American Academy of Religion Asian North American Religion, Culture, and Society Group; American Academy of Religion Committee on the Status of LGBTIQ Persons in the Profession; American Academy of Religion Gay Men and Religion Group; Boston Queer Theology Forum; Christ Church Cambridge;