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Love in the Seat of Empire: Black Diasporic Survival as a Radical Practice | A Reflection by Rev. Terence Mayo

by Bernard Schlager

7 February 2026 Under U.S. fascist rule, Black love is often described as a personal ethic of self-care, chosen family, and community resilience. But it is also transnational: a radical, border-crossing practice that insists we are bound to one another across oceans, languages, and histories of extraction. Black love becomes the discipline of seeing, hearing, […]

The Latest CLGS Book: Mapping New Terrain in Queer Religious Scholarship: Essays in Honor of John Eastburn Boswell (2025)

by Bernard Schlager

31 May 2025 CLGS is proud to announce the publication of Mapping New Terrain in Queer Religious Scholarship: Essays in Honor of John Eastburn Boswell. Edited by Bernard Schlager, Executive Director of the Center, this book contains 11 essays based upon lectures given in our annual CLGS John E. Boswell Lecture series. From the publisher, Routledge Press: […]

Faith as Liberation: CLGS at 25 Years of Life-Saving Work… and Counting!

by Bernard Schlager

1 September 2025 Twenty-five years ago this month, The Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies in Religion (CLGS) at Pacific School of Religion was founded on a simple yet revolutionary premise: that faith and LGBTQ+ identity are not only compatible, but that religious leaders have a moral imperative to stand against hatred and discrimination. Today, […]