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If he’s really changed his mind, he’s got some explaining to do, especially to us in the queer community who have been harmed physically, mentally, socially, materially and spiritually by biblical (mis)interpretations and theologies of exclusion and condemnation.

Does “owning the libs” really feel so good that it’s easy to mistake smug triumph for a spiritual experience?

Kim and Shaw deconstruct patriarchal understandings of God as masculine and violent, replacing this male-centered God with one informed by the stories of sexual abuse survivors.

The insidious and chronic nature of church sexual abuse is an outgrowth of patriarchal concepts of the divine that provide theological cover for abusers and shame for their victims, said the authors of a new book on theologies of abuse.

A conversation with Gender studies scholar Susan Shaw about sexual abuse, images of God, joy, and...