June 27, 2026
Operation Reconquista and the Unconscious of Inclusion
Why are people leaving mainline churches? Operation Reconquista has an answer. So does Brandan Robertson. Both, I argue, hide the same thing: self-obsession.
Articles for category: (Traditional) Gay Theology
June 5, 2026
Fidelity Racket; or, On Idolatry Month
Conservative governors have rebranded June as "Fidelity Month," a counter to Pride. But fidelity is just another name for idolatry — according to the Gospels. On Robert George, Lot's wife, Nicodemus, and the infidel queerness of Jesus.
June 3, 2026
Born in a Jar with One Eye
My mother used to say I was "born in a jar with one eye." This is the story of the boy in that jar — bullied, converted, ordained, undone and remade by Chicago's North Side — who finally learned that gayness was the best thing about him.
Gay Desire: A Second Chance For Gay Theology
Tony Hoshaw is writing a book, in public, entitled Gay Desire: A Second Chance for Gay Theology. Building on David M. Halperin's book, How To Be Gay, Tony argues that the proper ground for gay theology is gay desire, not a theory of androgyny.
February 19, 2026
Placental Relations: Theology, Viability, and Roe v. Wade
What if Roe v. Wade was wiser than either its defenders or its critics realized? In this post, I take an unconventional path through medieval theology, Peter Sloterdijk's philosophy of the placenta, and Hildegard of Bingen's vision of ensoulment to argue that the Roe Court's viability standard wasn't arbitrary legal improvisation — it was judicial wisdom rooted in a remarkably consistent convergence of theological tradition and modern medicine. Along the way, I make the case that consistent originalism actually leads to a more radical pro-choice conclusion than Roe ever did, and that Dobbs, for all its claims of constitutional fidelity, is just as extra-legal as the decision it overturned — only less honest about it.
December 4, 2025
On the Urgent Matter of the Bible; Or, On How Vegetarians Should Use The Bible
In this post, Tony engages with biblical narratives in relation to animal studies, vegetarianism, and the politics of subversion in religious and cultural contexts.
July 6, 2025
Against (Virtually) Normal: Law, Politics, and the Trans/Queer Body
Andrew Sullivan follows the SCOTUS majority, naturalizing a conservative theology of sex while masquerading it as liberal neutrality.
October 23, 2024
It’s a Fem: Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew
In this essay, I argue that Mary is a figure of the Spirit of God. Matthew defines the Spirit in and through Mary, described in and through a tradition of maternal rebellion and survival. Matthew's Jesus, who is of Mary, of the Spirit, incarnates a non-standard, "feminine" messianism. And we will, too—if we are of Jesus.
October 8, 2024
What is Traditional Gay Male Theology(, Now)?
Traditional gay male Christian theology is a post-Stonewall (1969) theological movement that unapologetically embraces gay male difference from straightness as a legitimate starting point for Christian theological reflection. Gay theologians define gay male difference in and through theories of androgyny. Androgyny is a flawed theory of gayness. The future of gay theology depends on reinterpreting gay male difference as identification with devalued femininity.
