ABSTRACT
From the perspective of definitions, queer theologies are indefinable of the theologies. Queer theologies have been criticized from opposite ends of the spectrum, from historical liberation theologians to conservative evangelicals. Queer On the one side there are Christians who think that queer studies offend Christianity, while on the other side there is the suspicion that a too close association with Christianity will contaminate queer studies. For instance, it may favor some forms of agency, as when feminist theology becomes incorporated into a bigger pool of justice-based theologies. But feminist theology has been developed as part of a system of colonial patronage. Theological identity needs to be devised in opposition to a usually negative pole, such as a demonized Otherness, a perceived lack or even an excess. Thus theology can speak of God without repeating God, and women can talk of women's struggles while allowing other women and other struggles to challenge us with their sense of dissidence and political alternatives.
