Actual UCLA Class English M101C "Queering the Bible"

UCLA Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Program ^ | me

[BurbankKarl]

LGBTS/English M101C Special Topics in Lesbian and Gay Literature: Queering the Bible Norman Jones Wed 3:00-5:50 pm Public Policy 1284 No other book can match the Bible’s influence on western literature and culture. This seminar harnesses that energy in what is currently one of its most explosive forms: the course explores the relationship between the sacred and the sexual in contemporary queer interpretations of the Bible. The course does not structure itself as a debate over the legitimacy of either queer sexualities or faith-based interpretations of the Bible; rather, it presupposes the legitimacy of both and focuses on the question of how these two- often seemingly anathema to one another--may work together. In that sense, the course approaches queer readings of the Bible as a process of “wrestling with angels.” Students will gain a basic understanding of the Bible in its historical and literary contexts; they will also gain familiarity with the current intellectual debates known as queer theory. No prior knowledge of these fields is assumed.

[BurbankKarl]

Gee...wonder how this escaped the budget axe?

[MegaSilver]

Gee...wonder how this escaped the budget axe?

I know... isn't the Republican Party supposed to be the culprit of special interest pandering?

[netmilsmom]

Oh Holy God!!! Please give me the strength to endure!!!

[anniegetyourgun]

Woe to these.

[Porterville]

Screw it, let the state go bankrupt, I hope we all face trouble for turning our backs and allowing the mocking of the righteous

[SandRat]

Last time I looked it the Bible according to God and not Gob and it started out with the story of Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve.

Sheesh!

[Viking2002]

Oh, I'm sure some tweed-jacketed faculty member is just proud of him/her/itself for finding a way to meld delusion and faggotry into a sharp stick to poke in the eye of everyone to the right of Karl Marx.

[BurbankKarl]

In the Transgender Bible, Adam and Eve might be the same person!

[Integrityrocks]

.."Screw it, let the state go bankrupt, I hope we all face trouble for turning our backs and allowing the mocking of the righteous."...

I think this is exactly what is going to happen with the entire education system. They are going to break the bank and then we can just start over. Or, as I like to think... God will just flush the toilet soon....

[Wilhelm Tell]

They were sure doing a lot of "begatting" in the Bible for a bunch of allegedly queer folks.

[onedoug]

...Something so monumentally ignorant that only a college professor would endorse it.

[fidelis]

Anybody want to hazard a bet as to how long it will take, it things continue as they are, for this to become "conventional wisdom" and part of "main stream" theology?

[squidly]

It wasn't all that long ago that I went to college, about a dozen years, and we had nothing at all like this. The world sure does change quickly. Granted that it was at U. of Alabama and not UCLA.

[bereanway]

If this ain't the end of the road, it's gotta be awful close.

[Goreknowshowtocheat]

Glad I stopped giving to UCLA years ago.

[24-7Freeper]

Any guesses on how long a class called "Queering the Koran" would survive??

[BurbankKarl]

I went to the University of Washington, and the only Bible class I remember was English: Bible as Literature. I was tempted to take it, but it wouldnt count toward my major.

They had just started womens studies back them in the late 80s.... now they have all sorts of studies!

[travelnurse]

"Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, "nor homosexuals,"
nor thieves, nor {the} covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God." 1 Corinithians 6:9-10

No matter how you read it, you aren't going to change the spots on this leopard.

[JoJo Gunn]

a "Regressives study the Bible" bump!

[ladylib]

I'm tired of faggotry being introduced into every single subject under the Sun.