jaymichaelson.net » Academic/scholarly articles http://www.jaymichaelson.net Jay Michaelson is a writer, scholar, and activist who works at the intersections of spirituality, Judaism, sexuality, and law. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:16:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Jay Michaelson is a writer, scholar, and activist who works at the intersections of spirituality, Judaism, sexuality, and law. Jay Michaelson no Jay Michaelson simon.abramson@gmail.com simon.abramson@gmail.com (Jay Michaelson) Jay Michaelson is a writer, scholar, and activist who works at the intersections of spirituality, Judaism, sexuality, and law. Jay Michaelson, religion, homosexuality, Judaism, spirituality, meditation, LGBT, gay, law, nondual, Buddhism, equality jaymichaelson.net » Academic/scholarly articles http://www.jaymichaelson.net/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://www.jaymichaelson.net “Queering Kabbalistic Gender Play” in Queer Religion http://www.jaymichaelson.net/2011121/ http://www.jaymichaelson.net/2011121/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:19:56 +0000 Ben http://www.jaymichaelson.net/?p=3004

“Kabbalah” as mass-media and New Age phenomenon has become a resource for spiritual seekers, entrepreneurs, and many feminists and queers constructing postmodern theologies on the basis of non-normative Western antecedents. Yet theosophical Kabbalah is relentlessly sexist, heteronormative, and homophobic. This paper presents a queer reading of three theosophical Kabbalistic themes on the relationship of masculine and feminine, suggesting that the Kabbalistic use of these categories can productively undermine the very heteronormativity it reinscribes.

]]> http://www.jaymichaelson.net/2011121/feed/ 0 In Praise of the Pound of Flesh: Legalism, Multiculturalism, and the Problem of the Soul http://www.jaymichaelson.net/poundofflesh/ http://www.jaymichaelson.net/poundofflesh/#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:52:05 +0000 Jay http://www.jaymichaelson.net/?p=1846 http://www.jaymichaelson.net/poundofflesh/feed/ 0 Homosexuality and Liminality, Israelites and Canaanites: The Queer Theology of the Boundary Crosser at Berkeley http://www.jaymichaelson.net/20100415/ http://www.jaymichaelson.net/20100415/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:23:16 +0000 margaret http://www.jaymichaelson.net/?p=1275 Biblical scholars have speculated that Biblical prohibitions on sexuality — especially cultic homosexuality — may have been intended to demarcate boundaries between Israelite and Canaanite, as part of the creation of an “Israelite” identity amongst a collection of Canaanite tribes.  At the same time, some queer theologians and thinkers in the “gay spirituality” movement have sought to (re-)invent a suppressed queer identity that celebrates the transgression of precisely those boundaries.  Is the postmodern invention of the “Canaanite” a fertile source for queer theology, or but a fantasy?  And what are the political connotations of a post-Judaic conception of Israelite identity for gender, nationalism, and religion?

]]> http://www.jaymichaelson.net/20100415/feed/ 0 The Religious Significance of Homosexuality: Queering God, Torah, and Israel http://www.jaymichaelson.net/the-religious-significance-of-homosexuality-queering-god-torah-and-israel/ http://www.jaymichaelson.net/the-religious-significance-of-homosexuality-queering-god-torah-and-israel/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:09:08 +0000 Russ http://www.jaymichaelson.net/?p=133 http://www.jaymichaelson.net/the-religious-significance-of-homosexuality-queering-god-torah-and-israel/feed/ 0 Chaos, Law, and God: The Religious Meanings of Homosexuality http://www.jaymichaelson.net/chaos-law-and-god-the-religious-meanings-of-homosexuality/ http://www.jaymichaelson.net/chaos-law-and-god-the-religious-meanings-of-homosexuality/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:10:01 +0000 Russ http://www.jaymichaelson.net/?p=244 http://www.jaymichaelson.net/chaos-law-and-god-the-religious-meanings-of-homosexuality/feed/ 0 On Listening to the Kulturkampf: How America Overruled Bowers v. Hardwick, even though Romer v. Evans didn’t http://www.jaymichaelson.net/on-listening-to-the-kulturkampf-how-america-overruled-bowers-v-hardwick-even-though-romer-v-evans-didnt/ http://www.jaymichaelson.net/on-listening-to-the-kulturkampf-how-america-overruled-bowers-v-hardwick-even-though-romer-v-evans-didnt/#comments Sat, 01 Apr 2000 12:01:17 +0000 Russ http://www.jaymichaelson.net/?p=875 http://www.jaymichaelson.net/on-listening-to-the-kulturkampf-how-america-overruled-bowers-v-hardwick-even-though-romer-v-evans-didnt/feed/ 0 Geoengineering: A Climate Change Manhattan Project http://www.jaymichaelson.net/geoengineering-a-climate-change-manhattan-project/ http://www.jaymichaelson.net/geoengineering-a-climate-change-manhattan-project/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 1998 09:09:03 +0000 Russ http://www.jaymichaelson.net/?p=1332 http://www.jaymichaelson.net/geoengineering-a-climate-change-manhattan-project/feed/ 0 Rethinking Regulatory Reform: Toxics, Politics, and Ethics http://www.jaymichaelson.net/rethinking-regulatory-reform-toxics-politics-and-ethics/ http://www.jaymichaelson.net/rethinking-regulatory-reform-toxics-politics-and-ethics/#comments Wed, 01 May 1996 09:13:48 +0000 Russ http://www.jaymichaelson.net/?p=1334 http://www.jaymichaelson.net/rethinking-regulatory-reform-toxics-politics-and-ethics/feed/ 0