We are continuing the conversation here on relational theology, and in this episode we also dive into the interpretive problems of the David and Jonathan texts. What was the nature of David and Jonathan’s relationship? Can we actually know?

Content note: frank discussion on sexuality and sexual acts.

Further reading:

Rita Nakashima Brock: Journeys by Heart: A Christology of Erotic Power

Catherine Keller: From a Broken Web: Sexism, Separation, and the Self

Ken Stone: Practicing Safer Texts: Food, Sex, and Bible in Queer Perspective

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