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Tables of Contents for Take Back the Word
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
vii
Mary Ann Tolbert
Contributors
xiii
Introduction
3
10
Part 1 QUEER STRATEGIES FOR READING
Reading the Bible from Low and Outside: Lesbitransgay People as God's Tricksters
13
10
Virginia Ramey Mollenkott
Camping around the Canon: Humor as a Hermeneutical Tool in Queer Readings of Biblical Texts
23
12
Elizabeth Stuart
Love Your Mother: A Lesbian Womanist Reading of Scripture
35
8
Irene S. Travis
Eating the Crumbs That Fall from the Table: Trusting the Abundance of God
43
14
Justin Tanis
Part 2 TAKING BACK THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES
The Garden of Eden and the Heterosexual Contract
57
14
Ken Stone
Outsiders, Aliens, and Boundary Crossers: A Queer Reading of the Hebrew Exodus
71
11
Mona West
When and Where I Enter, Then the Whole Race Enters with Me: Que(e)rying Exodus
82
10
Irene Monroe
The Book of Ruth: On Boundaries, Love, and Truth
92
11
Celena M. Duncan
Throwing a Party: Patriarchy, Gender, and the Death of Jezebel
103
12
Victoria S. Kolakowski
Nehemiah as a Queer Model for Servant Leadership
115
9
Michael S. Piazza
A Modern Psalm in the Midst of Breast Cancer
124
2
Irene S. Travis
A Love as Fierce as Death: Reclaiming the Song of Songs for Queer Lovers
126
17
Christopher King
Insider Out: Unmasking the Abusing God
143
10
Dawn Robinson Rose
Ezekiel Understands AIDS: AIDS Understands Ezekiel, or Reading the Bible with HIV
153
8
Jim Mitulski
A Queer Reading of the Book of Jonah
161
9
Sharon Bezner
Do Justice, Love Mercy, Walk Humbly: Reflections on Micah and Gay Ethics
170
15
Rebecca T. Alpert
Part 3 TAKING BACK THE CHRISTIAN SCRIPTURES
Matthew and Mary of Magdala: Good News for Sex Workers
185
11
Thomas Hanks
Coming Out, Lazarus's and Ours: Queer Reflections of a Psychospiritual, Political Journey
196
10
Benjamin Perkins
The Beloved Disciple: A Queer Bereavement Narrative in a Time of AIDS
206
13
Robert E. Goss
``And Then He Kissed Me'': An Easter Love Story
219
8
James Martin
``To Cut or Not to Cut'': Is Compulsory Heterosexuality a Prerequisite for Christianity?
227
Thomas Bohache