Book Study: Queer Virtue: What LGBTQ People Know about Life and Love and How it Can Revitalize Christianity

Please join the Manitou Intentional Learning Community for a three-session book study on Zoom of Queer Virtue: What LGBTQ People Know about Life and Love and How it Can Revitalize Christianity by Elizabeth Edman led by Peter Haddow, from the Canadian Shield Regional Council Affirm Team on February 27th, March 6th and March 13th at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom.
The book examines how we can promote a “truer, healthier version of Christianity and bring it to bear on the world.” Arguing that becoming such a community requires “discipline, introspection and a willingness to repent when we get it wrong”, Edman suggests that this study is especially appropriate for Lent.
Arguing from the heart of scripture, Edman reveals how queering Christianity—that is, disrupting simplistic ways of thinking about self and other—can illuminate contemporary Christian faith. Pushing well past the notion that “Christian love = tolerance,” Edman offers a bold alternative: he recognition that queer people can help Christians better understand their fundamental calling and the creation of sacred space where LGBTQ Christians are seen as gifts to the church.
To register and for more information including details of weekly readings, please go to Manitou Intentional Learning Community (manitoulearningcommunity.com) or email Gillian manitouintentionallearning@gmail.com
Participants are cordially invited to make a donation (suggestion $10) by etransfer to manitouintentionallearning@gmail.com.
Please note, the text is not available in Chapters stores. It can be purchased from Chapters online and from Amazon.ca. It is also available as an ebook. We recommend that you purchase the text promptly as there have been issues with availability.