OtherWise Christian
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OtherWise Christian

A Guidebook for Transgender Liberation

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eBook - ePub

OtherWise Christian

A Guidebook for Transgender Liberation

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

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Dedication
  4. OtherWise Christian A Guidebook for Transgender Liberation
  5. Forward
  6. Preface
  7. Introduction
  8. Abbreviations
  9. SECTION ONE Getting Started
  10. Chapter 1 Practicing Safer Spirit/uality (Choose Life)
  11. Chapter 2 On (OtherWise) Transgender Liberation
  12. Chapter 3 Gender Diversity in Historical Context
  13. SECTION TWO Creation
  14. Chapter 4 Sex, Gender, Science, and Arguments from Natural Law
  15. Chapter 5 In the Beginning...?
  16. Chapter 6 Queerly Created in the Image of God
  17. Chapter 7 The Earth Creature(s)
  18. SECTION THREE Clobber Verses
  19. Chapter 8 Biblical Self-Defense
  20. Chapter 9 Cross-dressing and Drag
  21. Chapter 10 Crushed Testicles and Transgender Women
  22. SECTION FOUR Eunuchs, Eunuchs, and More Eunuchs
  23. Chapter 11 Of Words and Their Many Meanings
  24. Chapter 12 Modern Day Eunuchs
  25. Chapter 13 Blessing the Eunuch
  26. Chapter 14 Jesus and the Eunuchs
  27. Chapter 15 Two Ethiopian Eunuchs
  28. Chapter 16 A Flock of Eunuchs
  29. Chapter 17 Eunuchs for the Sake of the Kingdom
  30. SECTION FIVE OtherWise Jewish Tradition
  31. Chapter 18 Torah Study
  32. Chapter 19 Joseph(ine)
  33. Chapter 20 Virile Women and Trans-Masculine Experience
  34. Chapter 21 Resident Aliens and Feeling Different
  35. SECTION SIX OtherWise Christian Traditions
  36. Chapter 22 Letters of Liberation
  37. Chapter 23 Gospel-Style Resistance
  38. Chapter 24 Otherwise Disciples and OtherWise Jesus
  39. Chapter 25 Journey with Jesus
  40. Epilogue Living OtherWise Ever After
  41. Bibliography
  42. Appendix A Sexual Orientation and the Bible
  43. Appendix B Reading the Bible Again
  44. Appendix C Christendom, White Bullshit, and the Power of Colonial Imagination
  45. Appendix D Poetry Is Not A Luxury
  46. Acknowledgements