The Self-Realization Fellowship, founded by Paramahansa Yogananda, presents a theology centered on the direct, personal experience of God. Its core teachings, codified in the practice of Kriya Yoga, assert that the ultimate purpose of life is to achieve self-realization—the...
The Self-Realization Fellowship, founded by Paramahansa Yogananda, presents a theology centered on the direct, personal experience of God. Its core teachings, codified in the practice of Kriya Yoga, assert that the ultimate purpose of life is to achieve self-realization—the...
To worship virginity as in the veneration of a perpetual virgin is to glorify celibacy. To insist that a virgin mother is required to have a holy child is to denigrate human sexuality. To call God “Father” or “Lord”...
At 96 years of age, Rev. Marge Ragona is a trailblazing minister and activist who has dedicated her life to social justice, to LGBTQ rights, and racial justice in particular. She has pastored churches in Providence (RI), Boston (MA),...
Ma Rainey's legacy features a defiant queerness that challenged early 20th-century norms. Known as the "Mother of the Blues," her life and music openly embraced a queer identity. She was a woman who flouted gender conventions, often performing in...
Reinterpreting the Virgin Mary through a queer lens reveals a figure who subverts traditional gender roles and family structures. Her story challenges the heteronormative assumption that motherhood is defined by a conventional family unit with a husband and father....
