My essay on the queer gender dynamics of the Rosary is now out in the first issue for 2009 of the Australian eJournal of Theology. The title is a bit of a mouthful - "The Gendered Dynamics of Kenosis and Theosis in the Traditional Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Surprising
Theological Possibilities for Inclusive Theologies of Gender and Sexuality." Below is the abstract:
If that whets your appetite, the essay is fully available in pdf format here as are all the essays published there. It's rather long I'm afraid but even though I wrote it back in 2006, which seems such a long time ago, I still really like it and think it represents a way doing a very radical Catholic theology from within the heart of the tradition. Also check out the rest of this issue of the eJournal. Below is the table of contents and you can click directly through to each item:
Editorial
Theological Possibilities for Inclusive Theologies of Gender and Sexuality." Below is the abstract:
In 2002, Pope John Paul 2 added five new Luminous mysteries to the traditional Rosary of the Virgin Mary, a popular Catholic devotional and meditation exercise, grounded largely in the New Testament narratives. The Pope’s intent was to give a stronger Christological focus to the rosary. The essay explores the spiritual dynamics of the traditional rosary from an emic but marginalised (gay) perspective drawing on gender and queer/sexuality theory. It argues that the Mariological focus is grounded in ancient Christian mystical theologies of kenosis and divinization which would be obscured by a new Christological focus. This Mariocentrism of the rosary is itself Christocentric but in a subtle and finely balanced way that can be thrown out of kilter by attempts to impose an explicit Christological focus. Together kenosis and divinization give the Mariocentric Rosary a very queer gender dynamic that might, surprisingly, provide internal resources for a gender inclusive and queer affirming transformation of Catholicism.
If that whets your appetite, the essay is fully available in pdf format here as are all the essays published there. It's rather long I'm afraid but even though I wrote it back in 2006, which seems such a long time ago, I still really like it and think it represents a way doing a very radical Catholic theology from within the heart of the tradition. Also check out the rest of this issue of the eJournal. Below is the table of contents and you can click directly through to each item:
Editorial
- Editorial - "Christianity's Relationship to Other Religions"
- Gerard Hall SM
- Editor's Notes - Gerard Hall SM
- John Thornhill SM
- Anthony J Kelly CSsR]
- Robyn Horner
- Paul Oslington
- Matthew C. Ogilvie
- Joan Hendriks & Gerard Hall SM
- Patrick McArdle
- Abe W. Ata
- Joel Hodge
- Paul Oslington, Anthony Kelly CSsR & Neil Ormerod
- Angelo Nicolaides
- Matthew Del Nevo
- Sophie McGrath RSM
- Anton Karl Kozlovic
- Felicita Carr
- Matthew John-Paul Tan
- Paul Tyson
- Michael Carden
- Michael Elphick
- Robin Gill
- Dr. John H. Morgan
- Hugh McGinlay
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