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Queering the Psalms: A reimagining of our ancient songs filled with emotional wisdom for the modern reader

Queering the Psalms: A reimagining of our ancient songs filled with emotional wisdom for the modern reader - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Sam HouserPublish date:10/30/2025Pages:246
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Tehom Center PublishingISBN-13:9781966655435ISBN-10:1966655436UPC:9781966655435Book Category:Religion, PoetryBook Subcategory:Christian Ministry, Subjects & Themes, Christian TheologyBook Topic:Pastoral Resources, Religious, Queer (LGBTQ+)Size:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.52 inchesWeight:0.7408Product ID:SCV6MZGWK3

Psalms have long been a core part of spiritual practice, liturgy, and pastoral care, but traditional translations often reflect the theological limits of their interpreters. Queering the Psalms is a full reimagining of all 150 psalms through a queer lens-poetic reinterpretations that hold the emotional depth and theological yearning of the originals, while boldly expanding the frame to include queer bodies, voices, and sacred experiences long exiled from spiritual texts. With both reverence and reclamation, these rewritten psalms speak directly to the wounds, resilience, rage, tenderness, and holy longing of queer life-offering ancient songs in a new, honest key.

This collection does not merely "adapt" the psalms; it queers them from the inside out-centering voices traditionally marginalized by heteropatriarchal religion, imagining a God who delights in genderfluidity, transition, desire, embodiment, and the radical act of surviving. These are psalms for the abandoned, the adored, the liminal, the brokenhearted, the ecstatic. Psalms for coming out, breaking down, rising up, falling in love, and holding on.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Tehom Center PublishingISBN-13:9781966655435ISBN-10:1966655436UPC:9781966655435Book Category:Religion, PoetryBook Subcategory:Christian Ministry, Subjects & Themes, Christian TheologyBook Topic:Pastoral Resources, Religious, Queer (LGBTQ+)Size:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.52 inchesWeight:0.7408Product ID:SCV6MZGWK3
Houser, Sam: - Author of No Longer Keeping the Peace and Between the Lines, Reverend Sam Houser (they/them) is a queer, post-liberal Christian committed to questioning tradition, fostering inclusivity, and advocating for social justice. Their ministry spans across UCC Conferences, where they provide practical and pastoral care for diverse communities. Sam is deeply passionate about creating tangible, holy responses to the challenges facing our world today. Their work centers on justice, compassion, and a desire to honor all of creation.
Publisher: Tehom Center Publishing

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