ABSTRACT
Queer theology is still young and yet, from the little that has been written, it is clear that queer theology is radically different from gay and lesbian theology. This is because queer theorists, unlike gay liberationists, do not fight for the liberation of oppressed sexuality, their rallying cry is not to 'come out', rather their goal is to liberate everyone from contemporary constructions of sexuality and gender. Although Michael Vasey does not explicitly engage with queer theory and mentions Foucault only in passing he nevertheless develops a distinctively queer approach to sexuality in this apologetic work aimed at fellow evangelicals. The nineteenth century saw the development of the free market which constructed social relationships around competition. Kathy Rudy, an American theologian, also adopts a genealogical methodology in her theological reflections on gender and homosexuality. The conferring of a subversive baptismal identity is not the end of the story.
