The Indecent Theologies of Marcella Althaus-Reid

Lisa Isherwood is Professor Emerita of Feminist Liberation Theologies at the University of Winchester, UK. Her work explores the nature of incarnation within a contemporary context and includes such areas as the body, gender, sexuality and eco-theology. She has written, co-authored or edited many books including The Power of Erotic Celibacy (2006), The Fat Jesus: Feminist Explorations in Boundaries and Transgressions (2007), Introducing Feminist Christologies (2001), Liberating Christ (1999), Patriarchs, Prophets and Other Villains (2007); and The Poverty of Radical Orthodoxy (2012). Hugo Córdova Quero is Associate Professor of Critical Theories and Queer Theologies and Director of Online Education at Starr King School, Graduate Theological Union, USA. He is also Dean of Faculty at the Higher Institute for Interreligious and Society Studies in Buenos Aires (Argentina), and a fellow at the Institute for the Study of Asian Religions (CERAL), Pontifical University of São Paulo (Brasil). His work intersects migration, religious and ethnic studies as as well as queer theory and theologies. He has authored and edited multiple books including, Queering Migrations Towards, From, and Beyond Asia (2014).

Introduction-Lisa Isherwood and Hugo Córdova Quero; 1 Dirty Martini: Toasting with Marcella Althaus-Reid-Ana Ester Padua Freire; 2 Perversion to Surplus Value of Protecting Family Values-Lai Shan Teresa Yip; 3 Whatever Happened to the Lemaon Vendors? West African Im/migrants and the (Re)ethnicization of Erotoscapes in the Streets of Buenos Aires-Hugo Córdova Quero; 4 Manang Bali, interweaving and Healing Spaces in Contemporary Malaysian Trans and Queer Theo-Pastoralities-Joseph Goh; 5 Taking Marcella Althaus-Reid into the Alleys. Towards an Incarnated Indecent Theology in La Rioja, Argentina-Damian Nicolas de la Puente; 6 Queer Body Bounded. Can we take off the Uniform of the Nation Body?-Reina Ueno; 7 The Sexual Subject in Queer Theologies. Implications for a Queer Latin American Liberation Theology-Beatriz Febus Perez; 8 The Influence of Religion in the Development of Heterosexism in Indonesia-Juswantori Ichwan; 9 Reclaiming Queer Seeds of Theological Agriculture-Carlos Jose Beltran Acero; The Afterword/s Barefoot at the Margins-Lisa Isherwood and Hugo Córdova Quero