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: […]
James Baldwin and Black Queer Prophetic Lament (and Hope?) Professor Bryan Massingale Thursday, 8 May 2025 | 4pm (Pacific Time) | ONLINE Click here to register in advance for this online lecture! James Baldwin is often invoked as a seminal figure in Black queer thought, but he is still underutilized as a source for (white) queer […]
Why Do Biblical Interpreters Hate Sex So Much? Professor Luis Menéndez-Antuña Thursday, 18 April 2024 | 4pm (Pacific Time) | ONLINE Click here to register in advance for this online lecture! Biblical interpreters hate sex, one might think, because of the church’s age-old war against sex or the church’s inability to think of healthy sexual […]
CLGS is proud to announce that Rev. Dr. Pamela Lightsey will offer the 16th Annual | 2023 John E. Boswell ONLINE Lecture! The Big Lie and Its Old Hatred Rev. Dr. Pamela Lightsey Click here to register in advance for this online lecture! American politics has long been a challenging system for its Black citizens. […]
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 […]