Queering Theology: Judaism Unbound Episode 463 - Brian G. Murphy, Shannon TL Kearns
Queer Theology is the longest running podcast by and for LGBTQIA+ spiritual seekers. Its two co-hosts -- Brian G. Murphy and Shannon TL Kearns -- join Judaism Unbound for an episode exploring what it means to queer theology ("queer" as a verb!).
[1] If you love what you hear, head to www.judaismunbound.com/classes and register for Murphy and Kearns’s upcoming (in January 2025) mini-course in the UnYeshiva, entitled Queering Theology: A Crash Course in Reading the Bible Queerly (people of all genders, sexualities, and religious backgrounds welcome).
[2] Learn more about Queer Theology’s podcast and broader work by heading to QueerTheology.com!
[3] Murphy references a text from the Mishnah (in Pirkei Avot) that instructs “Turn it, and turn it, for everything is in it.” Dive into that text here.
[4] Purchase Patrick Cheng’s book Radical Love: An Introduction to Queer Theology, cited in this episode, via this link.
[5] For more from Kearns on John 20:24-29 (the story often described as “Doubting Thomas”), click here.
[6] For a past episode of Judaism Unbound featuring Joy Ladin, cited in this episode, see Judaism Unbound Episode 151. For her appearance on Queer Theology, click here.
[7] Dan references a series of books called “Left Behind” (and gets a SHOCKED reaction from Murphy and Kearns). For more on this (wild) series, click here.
[8] For Avra Shapiro’s appearance on Queer Theology, click here.
[9] Lex references work by Eric Rofes (his uncle) to contribute to shifts in how the LGBTQ+ world understood itself in the late 90s, as realities related to the AIDS epidemic shifted. For a book of Rofes’s on this topic, written in 1998, see Dry Bones Breathe: Gay Men Creating Post-AIDS Identities and Cultures.
