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About this book
OtherWise Christian: A Guidebook for Transgender Liberation by Mx. Chris Paige is a love letter to transgender communities, a self defense manual against Bible abuse and Christian trans-antagonism, and the beginning of a historical record of how far we have come.
OtherWise Christian reviews 25 years of transgender-affirming biblical scholarship. Mx. Chris Paige argues that the Bible shows us story after story of OtherWise-gendered people being used by God to further the kingdom. Yet, we have been bamboozled by a restrictive gender ideology that is aligned with empire, white supremacy and Christian supremacy. Jesus and our biblical ancestors invite us to join a gender-full resistance!
Scholarly, yet accessible, OtherWise Christian takes the Bible seriously, while presenting new vocabulary to connect modern transgender (and intersex) identities with gender non-conforming themes in the Christian Bible. The result is a bold and unapologetic interpretation of Christian tradition that will have you re-reading familiar bible passages with new clarity.
"In many ways, this is the initial quick reference that I would have loved to find when I first started exploring my gender identity as a twenty-something Christian," says Paige about the book.
Look for the OtherWise Christian companion blog for additional content!
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- OtherWise Christian A Guidebook for Transgender Liberation
- Forward
- Preface
- Introduction
- Abbreviations
- SECTION ONE Getting Started
- Chapter 1 Practicing Safer Spirit/uality (Choose Life)
- Chapter 2 On (OtherWise) Transgender Liberation
- Chapter 3 Gender Diversity in Historical Context
- SECTION TWO Creation
- Chapter 4 Sex, Gender, Science, and Arguments from Natural Law
- Chapter 5 In the Beginning...?
- Chapter 6 Queerly Created in the Image of God
- Chapter 7 The Earth Creature(s)
- SECTION THREE Clobber Verses
- Chapter 8 Biblical Self-Defense
- Chapter 9 Cross-dressing and Drag
- Chapter 10 Crushed Testicles and Transgender Women
- SECTION FOUR Eunuchs, Eunuchs, and More Eunuchs
- Chapter 11 Of Words and Their Many Meanings
- Chapter 12 Modern Day Eunuchs
- Chapter 13 Blessing the Eunuch
- Chapter 14 Jesus and the Eunuchs
- Chapter 15 Two Ethiopian Eunuchs
- Chapter 16 A Flock of Eunuchs
- Chapter 17 Eunuchs for the Sake of the Kingdom
- SECTION FIVE OtherWise Jewish Tradition
- Chapter 18 Torah Study
- Chapter 19 Joseph(ine)
- Chapter 20 Virile Women and Trans-Masculine Experience
- Chapter 21 Resident Aliens and Feeling Different
- SECTION SIX OtherWise Christian Traditions
- Chapter 22 Letters of Liberation
- Chapter 23 Gospel-Style Resistance
- Chapter 24 Otherwise Disciples and OtherWise Jesus
- Chapter 25 Journey with Jesus
- Epilogue Living OtherWise Ever After
- Bibliography
- Appendix A Sexual Orientation and the Bible
- Appendix B Reading the Bible Again
- Appendix C Christendom, White Bullshit, and the Power of Colonial Imagination
- Appendix D Poetry Is Not A Luxury
- Acknowledgements