Feminism, Queerness, Affect, and Romans: Under God?

Early Christianity and Its Literature #30

by Jimmy Hoke

In Feminism, Queerness, Affect, and Romans, Jimmy Hoke reads Romans with an innovative, intersectional approach that produces distinctive meanings for passages that probe how queer wo/men who first encountered Paul's letter could have engaged with it. Hoke turns a feminist and queer gaze toward Paul's conception of faith and ethics, making explicit how Paul's theology throughout Romans has been affectively motivated by imperial notions of gender, race, and sexuality. By engaging affect theory, Hoke brings to life not only ideas and words but the feelings and sensations that moved in-between some of the earliest Christ-followers, revealing how queer wo/men were there among them and what that means for queer wo/men today. Hoke includes a reader's guide with key terms used throughout the book, making this an excellent option for students and scholars beginning to engage not only Paul's letters but also the complex worlds of feminist, queer, and affect theories.

408 pages, Hardcover

Published October 14, 2021