Exile is an experience that can be challenging and transformative for individuals who are seeking to explore their spiritual beliefs beyond the confines of traditional faith communities. It involves...
LGBTQ individuals face unique challenges when it comes to interpreting religious doctrine regarding sex, sexuality, and relationships. Traditional Christian teachings about sin, redemption, and...
Same-sex saints and mystics have been written out of Christian history for centuries, but their stories reveal an important truth about God's love for all people. These figures demonstrate that...
In queer pilgrimage, the relationship between the pilgrims and the divine is characterized by its liminality, transgressiveness, and transformativeness. This paper will examine these aspects to...
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...