Elizabeth Stuart (theologian)
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Professor Elizabeth Stuart (born 1963, Kent
) is a UK
theologian specialising in Queer Theology.
of Christian
Theology
at the University of Winchester
and was founding chair of the Centre for the Study of Christianity and Sexuality. She co-edits the academic journal Theology and Sexuality. In August 2008 she took up the position of Pro Vice Chancellor, Academic. In 2011, she became the Senior Pro Vice-Chancellor at the University of Winchester.
in the Open Episcopal Church
(a small, independent grouping within the United Kingdom). In 2006 she became Archbishop of the Province of Great Britain and Ireland of the Liberal Catholic Church International
.
These works show Stuart moving from a liberationist approach to an approach grounded in queer theory. She now argues that gender and sexuality are not matters of ultimate theological concerns and that the Christian duty is to refuse to work theologically with such categories.
Jeffrey John
argued against the model proposed in Just Good Friends in his booklet Permanent, Faithful, Stable: Christian Same-Sex Partnerships.
In 2008 Stuart received the LGCM Award for 'energetic and prophetic advocacy on behalf of LGBT people, numerous pioneering theological books, and for remaining a loyal member of LGCM'.
In 2008 French academic Stephane Lavignotte published a book about Stuart's theology: Au-delà du lesbien et du mâle : la subversion des identités dans la théologie 'queer' d'Elizabeth Stuart is published by Van Dieren.
Kent
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) is a UK
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theologian specialising in Queer Theology.
Academic Positions
She is ProfessorProfessor
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of Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
Theology
Theology
Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...
at the University of Winchester
University of Winchester
The University of Winchester is a British public university primarily based in Winchester, Hampshire, England. Winchester is a historic cathedral city and the ancient capital of Wessex and the Kingdom of England.-History:...
and was founding chair of the Centre for the Study of Christianity and Sexuality. She co-edits the academic journal Theology and Sexuality. In August 2008 she took up the position of Pro Vice Chancellor, Academic. In 2011, she became the Senior Pro Vice-Chancellor at the University of Winchester.
Miscellany
Her grandfather is Ronald Neil Stuart, VC. She has a Jack Russell terrier named Arthur, who is the toast of the campus.Bishop
Professor Stuart was consecrated as a BishopBishop
A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
in the Open Episcopal Church
Open Episcopal Church
The Open Episcopal Church is a growing liberal Catholic denomination that calls itself "the small church with a big heart". It has bishops in England, Scotland and Wales and clergy across the country...
(a small, independent grouping within the United Kingdom). In 2006 she became Archbishop of the Province of Great Britain and Ireland of the Liberal Catholic Church International
Liberal Catholic Church International
The Liberal Catholic Church International is a Christian church with headquarters based in the United States. The Church traces its founding to Jesus and the Twelve Apostles and sees the Bishops of the Church as the successors of the Apostles...
.
Published works
Her published works include:- Gay and Lesbian Theologies: Repetitions and Critical Difference
- Just Good Friends: Towards a Lesbian and Gay Theology of Relationships
- Daring to Speak Love’s Name
- Religion is a Queer Thing
- Lesbian and Gay Theologies: Repetitions with Critical Difference
These works show Stuart moving from a liberationist approach to an approach grounded in queer theory. She now argues that gender and sexuality are not matters of ultimate theological concerns and that the Christian duty is to refuse to work theologically with such categories.
Jeffrey John
Jeffrey John
Jeffrey Philip Hywel John SCP is a Church of England priest and the current Dean of St Albans. He made headlines in 2003 when he was the first person to have openly been in a same-sex relationship to be nominated as a Church of England bishop...
argued against the model proposed in Just Good Friends in his booklet Permanent, Faithful, Stable: Christian Same-Sex Partnerships.
In 2008 Stuart received the LGCM Award for 'energetic and prophetic advocacy on behalf of LGBT people, numerous pioneering theological books, and for remaining a loyal member of LGCM'.
In 2008 French academic Stephane Lavignotte published a book about Stuart's theology: Au-delà du lesbien et du mâle : la subversion des identités dans la théologie 'queer' d'Elizabeth Stuart is published by Van Dieren.