Contents
Part I: Celibacies 11
1. Celibacy Was Queer: Rethinking Early Christianity 13
David G. Hunter
2. “Queerish” Celibacy: Reorienting Marriage 25 in the Ex-Gay Movement
Lynne Gerber
3. Celibate Politics: Queering the Limits 37
Anthony M. Petro
4. How Queer Is Celibacy? A Queer Nun’s Story 48
Sister Carol Bernice, CHS
Church Interlude I: A Congregation Embodies 53 Queer Theology
Jon M. Walton
Part II: Matrimonies 65
5. Two Medieval Brides of Christ: Complicating 67 Monogamous Marriage
William E. Smith III
6. Gay Rites and Religious Rights: New York’s First 79 Same-Sex Marriage Controversy
Heather R. White
7. Beyond Procreativity: Heterosexuals Queering Marriage 91
Teresa Delgado
8. Disrupting the Normal: Queer Family Life 103 as Sacred Work
Jennifer Harvey
Church Interlude II: Healing Oppression Sickness 115
Yvette Flunder
Part III: Promiscuities 125
9. Double Love: Rediscovering the Queerness 127 of Sin and Grace
Michael F. Pettinger
10. Love Your Friends: Learning from the 137 Ethics of Relationships
Mary E. Hunt
11. Calvary and the Dungeon: Theologizing BDSM 148
Nicholas Laccetti