Session on Intersex, Theology and the Bible at Society for Biblical Literature Annual Meeting 2015

A review session on my new edited book Intersex, Theology, and the Bible: Troubling Bodies in Church, Text, and Society (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015) is taking place at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in Atlanta, Georgia this November.

As well as reflecting on the book itself, the panellists will take the opportunity to show how biblical images, texts, arguments and themes intersect with ongoing intersex advocacy and research today. I am honoured to have been asked to respond and am grateful to Joseph Marchal for convening the session.

Here's the draft information on the session from the SBL program book (subject to change):

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LGBTI/Queer Hermeneutics
11/22/2015
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: 303 (Level 3) - Hilton

Theme: Book Panel on Intersex, Theology, and the Bible: Troubling Bodies in Church, Text, and Society

This session will use the publication of Susannah Cornwall's Intersex, Theology, and the Bible: Troubling Bodies in Church, Text, and Society (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015) as an occasion to assess and suggest different critical, constructive, and prospective approaches to examining the relations between intersex bodies, the Bible, and biblical interpretations.

Joseph Marchal, Ball State University, Presiding
Sean Burke, Luther College, Panelist (20 min)
Megan DeFranza, Boston University School of Theology, Panelist (20 min)
Teresa Hornsby, Drury University, Panelist (20 min)
Candida Moss, University of Notre Dame, Panelist (20 min)
Max Strassfeld, University of Arizona, Panelist (20 min)
Susannah Cornwall, University of Exeter, Respondent (25 min)
Discussion (25 min)

I'll also be taking part in another really exciting panel later in the conference:

thepetrifiedmuse.wordpress.com/2014/05/15/neither-the-first-nor-the-wurst/

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LGBTI/Queer Hermeneutics
11/24/2015
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: University (Atlanta Conference Level) - Hyatt

Theme: Queering Christ in Controversial Art: The stagings, effects and subversive potential of the Other Jesus

This session investigates the staging, effects and subversive potential of recent cases of controversial art in which iconic Christian imagery is deliberately queered: e.g., the so-called Christas or female crucifixions, and the winning act "Rise Like a Phoenix" at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest interpreted as a transgender Jesus imitation.

David Stewart, California State University - Long Beach, Welcome (3 min)
Anne-Marie Korte, Universiteit Utrecht
Queer Iconoclasm and Queer Iconoclash: From the Christas to Madonna (25 min)
Mariecke van den Berg, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Setting the Table for a Queer Jesus: Ecce Homo in Sweden and Serbia (25 min)
Srdjan Sremac, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Conchita Wurst: A “Jesus-like Figure” Between Blasphemy and Religious Innovation (25 min)
Susannah Cornwall, University of Exeter, Respondent (25 min)
Discussion (22 min)