Theology Archives - New Ways Ministry

Faculty and Students at St. Norbert’s College Protest New Anti-Transgender Policy

December 6, 2024/0 Comments/in Dignitas Infinita, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Higher Education, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Elsie Carson-Holt

Students and faculty at St. Norbert’s College, De Pere, are pushing back on their school’s recent policy change to recognize only two male and female sex categories. Read More

U.S. Theology Conferences This June Mark Turning Point on LGBTQ+ Issues—Here’s Why.

June 26, 2024/4 Comments/in Higher Education, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Brian Flanagan

This year, the presence at theological conferences of prominent, out LGBTQ+ theologians and of scholars discussing LGBTQ+ issues in theology felt like a turning point, both for the societies themselves and for the future of Catholic theology in this country. Read More

“Mysterium liberationis queer”: Multiplying Theological Horizons

June 10, 2024/0 Comments/in Theology & Church Teaching /by Guest Contributor

An exciting new volume published this spring examines queer theology in continuity with traditions of liberation theology in the Americas, titled "Mysterium liberationis queer: Ensayos sobre teologías queer de la liberación en las Américas" Read More

Reconciling Radically Inclusive Friendship in the Upper Room

May 19, 2024/2 Comments/in Scriptural Reflections /by Guest Contributor

A meditation on the Upper Room before Pentecost teaches us in the LGBTQ+ community that the message we preach is not always so easy to practice. Read More

German Theologians Seek Pro-LGBTQ+ Revisions to Vatican Licensing Process

February 21, 2024/2 Comments/in Employment Issues, Hierarchy, Higher Education, Same-Gender Blessings, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Theologians in Germany have called revisions to the process by which teaching licenses are granted, prompted in part by an LGBTQ-related dispute and a desire to end sexuality-based discrimination. Read More

You’re Invited! The Challenge of “Fiducia Supplicans”

February 15, 2024/0 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Same-Gender Blessings, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Brian Flanagan

Join New Ways Ministry for a webinar on the complex reception of Fiducia Supplicans where three panelists will offer their perspectives and insights. Read More

Mary, Mother of God, Is “Gender-Bending, Queer Prophetess,” Writes Catholic Scholar

February 13, 2024/1 Comment/in Scriptural Reflections, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Mary, the mother of God, is a "gender-bending, queer prophetess who defied the gender conventions of her time," writes one LGBTQ+ Catholic in an essay examining how Mary helped the author experience queer joy. Read More

Fr. Dan Horan: “Fiducia Supplicans” Is Small, Important Step to LGBTQ+ Visibility

February 8, 2024/1 Comment/in Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Same-Gender Blessings, Theology & Church Teaching /by Sarah Cassidy

For Franciscan Fr. Daniel Horan, Fiducia Supplicans, the Vatican’s declaration allowing blessings for of same-gender couples, is a small, but important step towards LGBTQ+ visibility in the church. Read More