[Oe List ...] Christian Faith and LGBTQ+ Experience lectur

[Richard Alton]

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On Tue, Mar 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM Bill Schlesinger via OE <
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> *Subject:* [Oe List ...] Christian Faith and LGBTQ+ Experience lectur
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> For thousands of years, Christian and Jewish and Muslim orthodoxy has
> demonized Queer life experience, specifically the gift of human sexuality
> that was considered "deviant" or worse.
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> Rev. JJ Warren, a "young prophet" in United Methodism who was a bright
> light at our last two General Conferences, is now teaching at Colgate
> Rochester Seminary while he finishes his Ph.D.
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> [Colgate, BTW, was JWM's first teaching gig back in the 1940's.]
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> Today's live Zoom lecture  entitled "Queerly Made: From Death-dealing
> to Life-giving Theologies" will explore how he is 'constructing' a Queer
> theological reading of Christian tradition and of scripture.
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> *Warning:* I doubt that the good Christian folks over at MAGA World would
> want you to know this!
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> So let's not tell them.
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> Marshall Jones
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> FREE webinar hang out with Rev. JJ Warren
> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id%3D100003160561549%26__cft__%5B0%5D%3DAZUP8UvbgNLOxaov6HgEViouXe1i0xYJfe82nKQuSU8RdHA_RGlyOdiECQt6N3ZF4QYeRT03FxlyP8TavUZNl3QLcOyrFpKP2MW-RManjwB4S_tApHbw9haVPFD_XFF8bRtmJDTjGMlMUn42twW7NsaQaVa0Fu4HAi5DZuSAe5YaCCLMWFgAjqh1MJb6p8hMY68%26__tn__%3D-%5DK-y-R&source=gmail-imap&ust=1741713353000000&usg=AOvVaw2-qGu4pF22AU-LECE3PFNY> tonight!
> Link in the comments to register! (Tuesday, 3/4, 7pm Eastern, via Zoom)
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> Rev. Warren's talk this semester for our Christian Faith and LGBTQ+
> Experience lecture is titled, "Queerly Made: From Death-dealing
> to Life-giving Theologies." He is planning to invite participants to
> reflect on aspects of their own theologies and faith traditions that have
> shamed, silenced, and harmed parts of themselves as well as the full
> diversity of persons within the LGBTQIA+ community. He'll then invite
> participants to queer — i.e., to subvert and reclaim — narratives,
> practices, and traditions that foster "abundant life" (Jn 10:10).
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> AND! Special treat: Rev. Warren will debut his current dissertation
> research, which considers how theology itself is constructed or "made," and
> how insights from gender and sexuality can inform life-giving re-makings of
> theology. In other words, how is/could theology (be) queerly made?
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> Rev. JJ Warren is a public theologian, advocate, and the author of two
> books: Reclaiming Church: A Call to Action for Religious Rejects, and Where
> Two or Three are Connected: Being the Church in This New Era. After making
> an impassioned plea for the inclusion of LGBTQ+ persons at The United
> Methodist Church’s (UMC) top law-making assembly in 2019, Rev. J.J.’s
> speech went viral, and his advocacy has been covered by HuffPost, NBC, Brut
> Media, and WXXI Radio.
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> Register to join us!
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> https://crcds-edu.zoom.us/.../WN_5OqAc0IYTSaD26CZBuASRQ...
> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://crcds-edu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5OqAc0IYTSaD26CZBuASRQ?fbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1LWmsamSJLfJqQrnvCQwT4204T2N_EOJuQgK-7XDcMjUeMUl6FlIxfZHI_aem_O3UNsbOsl9yhRND7SxP7xw%23/registration&source=gmail-imap&ust=1741713353000000&usg=AOvVaw3-XHti2VVRucDR12bYXuJU>
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