Whoring for Christ
Christine aka Rising Up recently introduced me to the work Virginia Ramey Mollenkott, a Christian lesbian scholar. After reading the transcript from an address she gave entitled Whore-ishly Implementing the Political Vision of the Christ-Sophia, I feel full as a tick! (an expression not lost on my friends from the American South)I can easily write five posts about the content Mollenkott covers in her brief talk and her refreshing insights into how Jesus embodied the sort of political activism that not only reaches out to marginalized and oppressed minorities, but also incites liberation. She also talks about how in Jesus' day, all women not under the direct control of a man (husband, father or brother) were considered whores. So it wasn't just what you do, but who controls you.
In speaking about activism and our need to join with other oppressed minorities, Mollenkott says,
We lesbians can live in separatist bliss if we want to, but that does nothing for the larger society or the churches to which we belong.Read the whole thing for yourself.
If we want to implement the political vision of the Christ-Sophia, we must learn to strategically affiliate ourselves with other political or religious groups in order to overcome exploitation, marginalization, powerlessness, cultural imperialism and systemic violence, not only against ourselves but against oppressed people everywhere.
As Phelan says, “Our politics must be informed by affinity rather than identity, not simply because we are not all alike, but because we each embody multiple, often conflicting, identities.”…
To say it another way: because society defines us as outsiders, we can gain clout by making alliances with other outsiders in projects where our goals intersect.
To view streaming video of Mollenkott and other progressive female theologians, visit here.
posted by Peterson Toscano @ 10:25 PM
36 Comments:
Jesus was a radical! That is why when you are living a Christ-like life, you are often seen as radical and misunderstood.
I guess I'm whoring for Jesus too, since I'm not under the direct control of anyone, including myself! :)
Abby, I know for me that often I tend towards separatist bliss out of either fear or hurt. It is hard to reach out. We can carry lots of hurt from the oppression we've suffered.
Other oppressed people, particularly those who have experienced oppression from men and white people, might reject me, question me, hurt me back--not because they are necessarily enacting the same oppression back that they experienced--rather because they may feel the need to protect themselves from further oppression and ignorance.
Some people talk about reversed racism, and I sometimes get asked questions by heterosexuals in my audience if gay people oppress non-gays. I try to explain that because of power and privilege it is not the same thing.
Sure as a gay man, I can get sassy and make fun of a straight guy, but the real issue is a matter of employment, housing, opportunities to minister in a place of worship, etc.
Often straight white men have the power to shut out gay men, lesbian women, straight women and people of color (male and female). That is oppression that just doesn't hurt someone's feelings, but limits individual's life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Ann, what a great contribution to this post! Thank you for sharing this. I am all about reaffirming the feminine in me (and sometimes I do like to listen to only women's music for a period of time, for example; if only to get a break from the male-dominated real world). But I agree it can be taken too far and we all need each other.
Also, any community is going to have problems, whether it is a separatist community or not. People (especially lesbians sometimes) think that it'll all be just great if we are only in contact with each other, and I sure the heck don't think that's anything close to the truth. However, I still am sometimes seduced by the (fantasy) idea of it. :) Thanks for pointing out the reality and the experiences you had.
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