Queer Religiosities (an Introduction To Queer And Transgender Studies In Religion)

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By (author) Wilcox Melissa M.

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Queer Religiosities is a comprehensive, comparative, globally-focused textbook that introduces students to queer studies in religion.

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Queer Religiosities is a comprehensive, comparative, globally-focused textbook that introduces students to queer studies in religion. It is organized in a comparative, thematic format that allows readers to approach the study of queer religion from a variety of angles while teaching key principles in the study of religion and the study of sexuality and gender. Queer Religiosities aims to make the rapidly growing research in queer studies in religion accessible to students.

Biographical note:
Melissa M. Wilcox is associate professor of religion and gender studies at Whitman College. She is well-known for her research and teaching in the field of queer studies in religion. She is the author of the monographs Coming Out in Christianity and Queer Women and Religious Individualism (CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title), co-editor of the reference work Sexuality and the World’s Religions, and author of the textbook/reader Religion in Today’s World. Dr. Wilcox has been teaching the course Queer Religiosities since 2002.