At the heart of Black religious discourses and praxes are existential questions about the meanings of Blackness as it relates to humanity. These questions often manifest in the development and evaluation of prospects of liberation, healing, justice, and transformations of concepts of race. It is self-evident that such work cannot be done outside of full consideration of ability, class, geography, gender, and sexuality. Through this series scholars and practitioners, authors and activists, creators and artists, community elders and younger scholars take up these existential questions with special attention to quare (i.e., Blackqueer, womanist oriented) subjects – and the linguistic option of “quare” for this discourse.
The second conversation in this series asks Queer Black Christian contributors to address the following question: In what ways does quare resonate in your religious discourses and praxes? To what extent is it a helpful – or unhelpful – linguistic option? Why?
In this discussion are:
Brandon Crowley - Moderator
Yvette Flunder - Panelist
Ashon Crawley - Panelist
D. Danyelle Thomas - Panelist
Michael Blair - Panelist
Jide Macaulay - Panelist