Dinner followed by a presentation from Jo Inkpin and Penny Jones as they prepare to lead a subject in Queer Theology which we think will be a historic first in Australia, as well as a sign of growing LGBTIQ+ visibility and faith vitality.
What work is there yet to do in our churches, playing fields, politics and theology?
Tuesday 28 June, 2022
6.00pm-8.30pm, Yuma Auditorium
In 2019, Jo Inkpin presented a paper at the Power, Authority, Love conference titled: From Footballs to Matildas? Gender Diverse People and Theological Game Change. Three years on, she and Penny Jones are in Melbourne to teach a subject in Queer Theology which we think will be a historic first in Australia, as well as a sign of growing LGBTIQ+ visibility and faith vitality.
What work is there yet to do in our churches, playing fields, politics and theology?
The You Tube clip below is the recording of this reflection and a transcript of their presentation is available on the Blessed Imp blog. This presentation addresses what is needed next and an invitation to FLARE, on the eve of the first Australian university course in Queer Theology, at Pilgrim College, UCA Centre for Ministry, Melbourne.
“We are marking a little historic landmark this week with the Queer Theology course, here at Pilgrim College, within the University of Divinity: probably the first such university level course in Australia. We would therefore like publicly to thank all those involved in enabling this to happen, and those, not least queer elders, who have paved the way. For these things do not usually happen without struggle. Each step of liberation also not only needs celebrating but typically means much more than we sometimes recognise. Each new light encourages other lights and helps darkness be further dispersed.”
Dr Jo Inkpin, Priest and Activist,
UnitingChurch
Australian Collaborators in Feminist Theologies 