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Emerging as Affirmative Pastoral Caregivers Beyond Gender Binaries

Gender Creative Promise

Craig A. Rubano

Emerging as Affirmative Pastoral Caregivers Beyond Gender Binaries: Gender Creative Promise uniquely brings a gender diverse theological imagination to the field of pastoral theology, supplemented by deploying a “gender creative” interpretative lens on scripture. The reader is introduced to an array of persons diverse in their gender variance, four continua of gender (sex, identity, expression, attraction), a gender affirmative psychotherapeutic model as a template for the field of pastoral theology, common resilience strategies that transgender persons employ in the face of cultural oppression and aspersion, benefits derived from religious affiliation that can enhance resilience, and scripturally-based principles for delivering affirmative pastoral caregiving beyond gender binaries. The author encourages readers to look within and wrestle with the complexities of their own gendered selves while journeying alongside him to emerge as pastoral change-makers in their places of teaching, ministry, and caregiving.

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Lexington Books
Pages: 224 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½
978-1-66693-401-4 • Hardback • November 2023 • $100.00 • (£77.00)
978-1-66693-402-1 • eBook • November 2023 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
Series: Emerging Perspectives in Pastoral Theology and Care
Subjects: Religion / Sexuality & Gender Studies, Religion / Christian Living / Love & Marriage, Religion / Christian Living / Social Issues

Craig A. Rubano received his Ph.D. in Pastoral Theology from Princeton Theological Seminary.

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Part I: A Place on Earth: Introducing LGBTQ+ Heterogeneity

Chapter 1: Getting Started

Chapter 2: LGBTQ+: Terminologies and Histories

Part II: Transgender Survey, Components of Gender, and Knowing the “True Gender Self”

Chapter 3: The 2015 US Transgender Survey (USTS) Report

Chapter 4: Exploring Four Components of Gender: The Genderbread Person Redux

Chapter 5: “Where Do the Mermaids Stand?”

Part III: Strategies of Resilience: Opening Doors to a Gender Affirmative Pastoral Theology

Chapter 6: Gender Creative Resilience

Chapter 7: Psychology of Religion: Ally to Gender Affirmative Pastoral Theology

Chapter 8: Beyond Empathy in Pastoral Theology

Part IV: “Yet I Say Unto You”: Gender Creative Biblical Interpretation as Affirmative Pastoral Action

Chapter 9: Towards a Gender Creative Lens on Biblical Interpretation

Chapter 10: Principles for Delivering Affirmative Pastoral Caregiving Beyond Gender Binaries

Chapter 11: Gender Creative Pastoral Caregiving: Skills of the Canaanite Woman

Bibliography

About the Author

At last, we have in Beyond Gender Binaries an all-out pastoral theology suitable for countering rightwing operatives who, for purposes of political survival or clerical gain, demonize gender-creative young people and adults. Craig Rubano weaves meticulous research in the social sciences with fresh biblical insight, searing honesty, and abounding compassion into a seamless foray into anomalies of gender in all persons. This brave and subversive book arrives in the nick of time.


— Robert C. Dykstra, Princeton Theological Seminary


In this comprehensive interdisciplinary study pastoral theologian Craig Rubano is a learned, liberative guide in exploring, understanding, celebrating, and working with gender creative persons. This is an essential book for anyone in ministry or teaching ministry!


— Ryan LaMothe, Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology


With this book, Rubano offers a gift to pastoral theologians and spiritual care practitioners desiring to support trans, fluid, nonbinary, and gender creative people with the companionship, advocacy, and justice so often lacking in Christian approaches to gender diversity. He invites readers to push beyond the limits of empathy and quests for understanding into humble postures of listening and learning from gender creative people. Pastoral theologians and practitioners will find in this book a resource that increases competency in spiritual care praxis in order to increase resilience for gender creative people. An immensely helpful text.


— Cody J. Sanders, Luther Seminary


Emerging as Affirmative Pastoral Caregivers Beyond Gender Binaries

Gender Creative Promise

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Hardback
eBook
Summary
Summary
  • Emerging as Affirmative Pastoral Caregivers Beyond Gender Binaries: Gender Creative Promise uniquely brings a gender diverse theological imagination to the field of pastoral theology, supplemented by deploying a “gender creative” interpretative lens on scripture. The reader is introduced to an array of persons diverse in their gender variance, four continua of gender (sex, identity, expression, attraction), a gender affirmative psychotherapeutic model as a template for the field of pastoral theology, common resilience strategies that transgender persons employ in the face of cultural oppression and aspersion, benefits derived from religious affiliation that can enhance resilience, and scripturally-based principles for delivering affirmative pastoral caregiving beyond gender binaries. The author encourages readers to look within and wrestle with the complexities of their own gendered selves while journeying alongside him to emerge as pastoral change-makers in their places of teaching, ministry, and caregiving.

Details
Details
  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 224 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½
    978-1-66693-401-4 • Hardback • November 2023 • $100.00 • (£77.00)
    978-1-66693-402-1 • eBook • November 2023 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
    Series: Emerging Perspectives in Pastoral Theology and Care
    Subjects: Religion / Sexuality & Gender Studies, Religion / Christian Living / Love & Marriage, Religion / Christian Living / Social Issues
Author
Author
  • Craig A. Rubano received his Ph.D. in Pastoral Theology from Princeton Theological Seminary.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • List of Illustrations

    Part I: A Place on Earth: Introducing LGBTQ+ Heterogeneity

    Chapter 1: Getting Started

    Chapter 2: LGBTQ+: Terminologies and Histories

    Part II: Transgender Survey, Components of Gender, and Knowing the “True Gender Self”

    Chapter 3: The 2015 US Transgender Survey (USTS) Report

    Chapter 4: Exploring Four Components of Gender: The Genderbread Person Redux

    Chapter 5: “Where Do the Mermaids Stand?”

    Part III: Strategies of Resilience: Opening Doors to a Gender Affirmative Pastoral Theology

    Chapter 6: Gender Creative Resilience

    Chapter 7: Psychology of Religion: Ally to Gender Affirmative Pastoral Theology

    Chapter 8: Beyond Empathy in Pastoral Theology

    Part IV: “Yet I Say Unto You”: Gender Creative Biblical Interpretation as Affirmative Pastoral Action

    Chapter 9: Towards a Gender Creative Lens on Biblical Interpretation

    Chapter 10: Principles for Delivering Affirmative Pastoral Caregiving Beyond Gender Binaries

    Chapter 11: Gender Creative Pastoral Caregiving: Skills of the Canaanite Woman

    Bibliography

    About the Author

Reviews
Reviews
  • At last, we have in Beyond Gender Binaries an all-out pastoral theology suitable for countering rightwing operatives who, for purposes of political survival or clerical gain, demonize gender-creative young people and adults. Craig Rubano weaves meticulous research in the social sciences with fresh biblical insight, searing honesty, and abounding compassion into a seamless foray into anomalies of gender in all persons. This brave and subversive book arrives in the nick of time.


    — Robert C. Dykstra, Princeton Theological Seminary


    In this comprehensive interdisciplinary study pastoral theologian Craig Rubano is a learned, liberative guide in exploring, understanding, celebrating, and working with gender creative persons. This is an essential book for anyone in ministry or teaching ministry!


    — Ryan LaMothe, Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology


    With this book, Rubano offers a gift to pastoral theologians and spiritual care practitioners desiring to support trans, fluid, nonbinary, and gender creative people with the companionship, advocacy, and justice so often lacking in Christian approaches to gender diversity. He invites readers to push beyond the limits of empathy and quests for understanding into humble postures of listening and learning from gender creative people. Pastoral theologians and practitioners will find in this book a resource that increases competency in spiritual care praxis in order to increase resilience for gender creative people. An immensely helpful text.


    — Cody J. Sanders, Luther Seminary


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