Posts by Bernard Schlager

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Honoring Two Michigan Pioneers of LGBTQ Equality

by Bernard Schlager

Honoring Two Michigan Pioneers of LGBTQ Equality By Rev. Dr. Roland Stringfellow In the span of weeks, the LGBTQ+ communities in Michigan lost two giants of “Gay Liberation.”  John Lawrence Kavanaugh died on December 17, 2021, at age 82, and James Willis Toy died on January 1, 2022, at age 91. I first met John […]

Homosexuality and the Christian Tradition: A Summer 2022 ONLINE Graduate Course

by Bernard Schlager

Homosexuality and the Christian Tradition A Summer 2022 ONLINE Graduate Course Pacific School of Religion 13–17 June and 20–24 June 2022: 8:30am to 12:30pm (Pacific Time)   This 3-credit online course offers an historical overview and survey of attitudes toward homoeroticism and homosexuality in ancient, medieval, and modern Christianity in the West and in present-day […]

Professor Rolf Nolasco is our 15th Annual CLGS John E. Boswell Lecturer!

by Bernard Schlager

Click here to register in advance for this ONLINE Lecture, which will be offered via Zoom! Queer Bodies: Colliding, Expanding, Flourishing ONLINE on Thursday, 21 April 2022, at 6:30pm | Pacific Time Professor Rolf Nolasco The 15th Annual CLGS John E. Boswell Lecture ONLINE on Thursday, 21 April 2022, at 6:30pm | Pacific Time | Pre-Registration is required […]

Death Is a Drag: A Reflection by Rev. Jakob Hero-Shaw

by Bernard Schlager

Death is a Drag I picked up Tiffani today. A man with kind eyes brought her to me in a black plastic box. He asked me to confirm that the name, date of birth, and other details on the death certificate were right. Technically, legally, all was correct. But none of this was right. How […]