Kenyan, Christian, Queer

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction: From “African Homophobia” to Queer Arts of Resistance

1 - Kenyan Queer Critique of Christianity and

Homophobia

Interlude 1 Prophetess

2 - Kenyan Claim to Queer and Christian Love

Interlude 2 Bodywork

3 - Kenyan Queer Stories of Sexuality and Faith

Interlude 3 Positive

4 - Kenyan Queer Christian Community

Interlude 4 Ambassador

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

“By showcasing a rich array of Kenyan queer creative practices, Adriaan van Klinken makes a compelling case for religion as a discursive site of African queer subjectivity, agency, and queer inventiveness that point to a nascent African queer theology. This book’s boundary-pushing methodology lends it a remarkable blend of integrity and risk that is generative for future reflections on ethnographic practice and the productive modes of addressing questions of positionality in research practice.”

—Grace Musila, coeditor of Rethinking Eastern African Literary and Intellectual Landscapes