Kenyan, Christian, Queer
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Kenyan, Christian, Queer

Religion, LGBT Activism, and Arts of Resistance in Africa

Adriaan van Klinken

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Kenyan, Christian, Queer

Religion, LGBT Activism, and Arts of Resistance in Africa

Adriaan van Klinken

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Popular narratives cite religion as the driving force behind homophobia in Africa, portraying Christianity and LGBT expression as incompatible. Without denying Christianity's contribution to the stigma, discrimination, and exclusion of same-sex-attracted and gender-variant people on the continent, Adriaan van Klinken presents an alternative narrative, foregrounding the ways in which religion also appears as a critical site of LGBT activism.

Taking up the notion of "arts of resistance, " Kenyan, Christian, Queer presents four case studies of grassroots LGBT activism through artistic and creative expressions—including the literary and cultural work of Binyavanga Wainaina, the "Same Love" music video produced by gay gospel musician George Barasa, the Stories of Our Lives anthology project, and the LGBT-affirming Cosmopolitan Affirming Church. Through these case studies, Van Klinken demonstrates how Kenyan traditions, black African identities, and Christian beliefs and practices are being navigated, appropriated, and transformed in order to allow for queer Kenyan Christian imaginations.

Transdisciplinary in scope and poignantly intimate in tone, Kenyan, Christian, Queer opens up critical avenues for rethinking the nature and future of the relationship between Christianity and queer activism in Kenya and elsewhere in Africa.

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Publisher
Penn State University Press
Year
2019
ISBN
9780271085623
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
LGBT Studies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. COVER Front
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Introduction
  6. Notes to Introduction
  7. Chapter 1: Kenyan Queer Critique of Christianity and Homophobia
  8. Notes to Chapter 1
  9. Chapter 2: Kenyan Claim to Queer and Christian Love
  10. Notes to Chapter 2
  11. Chapter 3: Kenyan Queer Stories of Sexuality and Faith
  12. Notes to Chapter 3
  13. Chapter 4: Kenyan Queer Christian Community
  14. Notes to Chapter 4
  15. Conclusion
  16. Notes
  17. Bibliography
  18. Index