Sacred Queer Stories: Ugandan LGBTQ+ Refugee Lives and the Bible

Adriaan van Klinke; Johanna Stiebert; Brian Sebyala; Fredrick Hudson

doi:10.1017/9781800102873

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Ugandan LGBTQ+ Refugee Lives and the Bible

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Adriaan van Klinke, University of Leeds, Johanna Stiebert, University of Leeds, Brian Sebyala, Fredrick Hudson

Publisher:: Boydell & Brewer
Online publication date:: January 2024
Print publication year:: 2021
Online ISBN:: 9781800102873
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781800102873

Series:: Religion in Transforming Africa
Subjects:: Religion, Religion: General Interest

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Presenting the deeply moving personal life stories of Ugandan LGBTQ+ refugees in Nairobi, Kenya alongside an analysis of the process in which they creatively engaged with two Bible stories - 'Daniel in the Lions' Den' (Old Testament) and 'Jesus and the Woman Caught in Adultery' (New Testament) - Sacred Queer Stories explores how readings of biblical stories can reveal their experiences of struggle, their hopes for the future, and their faith in God and humanity. Arguing that the telling of life-stories of marginalised people, such as of Ugandan LGBTQ+ refugees, affirms embodied existence and agency, is socially and politically empowering, and enables human solidarity, the authors also show how the Bible as an authoritative religious text and popular cultural archive in Africa is often used against LGBTQ+ people but can also be reclaimed as a site of meaning, healing, and empowerment. The result of a collaborative project between UK-based academics and a Nairobi-based organisation of Ugandan LGBTQ+ refugees, the book provides a valuable insight into the narrative politics and theologies of LGBTQ+ life-storytelling. A key text for those in African humanities, queer studies, religious studies, and refugee studies, among others, the book expresses an innovative methodology of inter-reading queer life-stories and biblical stories.

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Ugandan LGBTQ+ Refugee Lives and the Bible

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of Illustrations
pp vii-viii

Notes on Authors and Contributors
pp ix-x

Glossary and List of Abbreviations
pp xi-xii

Acknowledgement
pp xiii-xiv

Foreword by Stella Nyanzi
pp xv-xx

Introduction
pp 1-26

Part I - Ugandan LGBTQ+ Refugee Life Stories
pp 27-28

1 - It’s my nature, this is who I am
pp 29-40

2 - It’s not like heaven here
pp 41-51

3 - Here we are free to express ourselves without fear
pp 52-59

4 - I consider this as my new family
pp 60-66

5 - Personally, I think God is gay
pp 67-71

6 - Angels don’t have a gender
pp 72-80

7 - God loves me more than they love me
pp 81-88

8 - I just wanted an opportunity to express myself
pp 89-98

9 - I was chased away from the garden of heaven
pp 99-102

10 - First and foremost, I want to be a free person
pp 103-105

11 - God has a purpose for us all
pp 106-112

12 - God doesn’t make mistakes
pp 113-120

Part II - Inter-reading Ugandan LGBTQ+ Life Stories and Bible Stories
pp 121-122

1 - Inter-reading Life Stories and Bible Stories
pp 123-151

2 - Daniel in the Homophobic Lions’ Den
pp 152-178

Poem: ‘The Company of Men’ by Tom Rogers Muyunga-Mukasa
pp 179-181

3 - Jesus and the Guys Charged with Indecency
pp 182-208

Poem: ‘Accused of a Sodomy Act’ by Tom Rogers Muyunga-Mukasa
pp 209-213

4 - Reflection: A Postcolonial and Self-reflexive Reading
pp 214-222

Conclusion
pp 223-232

Bibliography
pp 233-248

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