Can spiritual exile become a sacred journey toward deeper personal revelation?
Spiritual exile can be defined as the experience of feeling disconnected from one's spiritual roots, beliefs,...
Can alienation from the church be reinterpreted as a new form of spiritual pilgrimage? This is an important question that has been raised by many people who have left their churches due to various...
How do bisexual believers navigate the embodied experience of spirituality in contexts that may marginalize or question their identity?
The journey to understand one's own sexuality can be...
Spiritual Longing
When people experience feelings of spiritual longing, they may feel an intense desire for connection to something greater than themselves. This can manifest in various ways, such...
There has been an increasing focus on queer art that reimagines the sacred through the sensual, the spiritual through the bodily, and the eternal through the momentary. This is due to the growing...
The concept of queerness is defined as a state of being different from what is generally considered normal or conventional in society. It encompasses all forms of gender and sexual identities that do...
Pilgrimages have always been an integral part of human history. In the past, they were seen as religious or spiritual quests to connect with God and/or nature.
Nowadays, they are also used for...
LGBT individuals' religious deconversions have been studied extensively in sociology and psychology, but less attention has been paid to their underlying motivations and patterns. This study...
Queer readings of mystical texts are interpretations that challenge traditional heterosexual perspectives on divine love and offer alternative ways to understand God's relationship with humanity....
Rejection, exile, and acceptance can all have profound effects on an individual's spiritual journey, but for those who identify as queer, these experiences can be especially impactful. From a young...