ABSTRACT
Feminist and queer theologies read against the grain of texts, images and mythologies. For example, Moore examines the allegorical readings of The Song of Songs and finds a great deal of gender-bending and same-sex love in it; and Sawyer re-reads the story of Abraham through the lens of gender and discovers that in the face of the supreme authority of God, Abraham's masculinity is undermined, and that the women in the story consistently take control of the situation. Strategies within contemporary Christianity are different than those in contemporary Paganism. In Christianity, feminist, queer, gay and lesbian strategies have generally centred around re-reading or reinterpreting the texts in Paganism. There are also queer and LGBT-friendly spaces within Christianity the Metropolitan Community Church, the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement, and many others. Nevertheless, debate still rages among Christians as to whether homosexuality is permitted by the Bible. Medusa is sometimes seen as a lesbian icon.
