Robert E. Shore-Goss Analysis

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In Robert E. Shore-Goss’ Queering Christianity: Find a Place at the Table for LGBTQI Christians, the Holy Spirit is talked about in the most loving way I have ever seen. To my surprise, I agreed with a lot of the theology. Before coming to Brite, I did not know there was such a thing as “Queer Theology.” Shore-Goss talks about the Holy Spirit taking what humans have put in the way of finding God, and making some sort of humor out of it. There is an extraordinary amount of theology books that do not convey emotion. “She [Holy Spirit] is spoken as the communion of love between God and Christ and us. She is the passionate glue of the Trinity;” Later in the article, Shore-Goss not only support my claim as Jesus and the Holy Spirit in alliance,

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