Representations of Homosexuality: Black Liberation Theology and Cultural Criticism Book

Series Editors' Preface ix

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction 1

1 Black Liberation Theology, Cultural Criticism, and the Problem of Homosexuality 23

2 Black Religious Criticism and Representations of Homosexuality 53

3 Black Theology and Homosexuality Revisited: Black Queer Theologians Respond 87

4 The Representations of Homosexuality in Black Gay Men's Writing 107

5 Religious Experience in Black Gay Men's Writings 133

6 Reconstructing Black Gay Male Identity beyond "The DL" 157

Conclusion: Toward an Ethics of Openness 175

Afterword 193

Notes 199

Bibliography 211

Index 217