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Stellenbosch Theological Journal
versão On-line ISSN 2413-9467
versão impressa ISSN 2413-9459
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VAN DER RIET, Louis. Reforming narratives on human sexuality in the Dutch Reformed Church. STJ [online]. 2023, vol.9, n.3, pp.1-19. ISSN 2413-9467. http://dx.doi.org/10.17570/stj.2023.v9n3.a2.
This article offers a critique on the dominant narrative on human sexuality in the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC). A mirror is held up to the binary nature of this dominant discourse, centred on ethics, hermeneutics, and ecclesiology. The limitations ofhow the DRC has engaged with human sexuality, and homosexuality in particular, are framed within the church's own construction of being "vasgeloop" (stuck) amidst plurality and diversity. These limitations are discussed as issues of church unity, justice, and embodiment. Finally, a subaltern "window" is offered out of this apparent impasse, that looks upon the liberating alternatives presented by embodied queer narratives. In an attempt at seeing queerness within the Reformed tradition, queer phenomenology is presented as an epistemic shift away from the normative, binary discourse that has dominated the discourse on human sexuality in the Dutch Reformed Church.
Palavras-chave : Queer Theology; Reformed Theology; hermeneutics; ethics; human sexuality; Dutch Reformed Church; embodiment.