ABSTRACT
Queer Spirit ambitiously sees itself as more inclusive than the Gay Spirituality (GS) movement and finds mix and match and choice more vital than revision and innovation towards existing traditions. Given the open-endedness of queer, one may well inquire how it came about to such an extent–as in the 'Queer Nation' movement originally founded in New York to confront gay bashing–that queer re-assumed such close gay associations and how it got appropriated to the formulations of theology. Denying Christianity any special status or evangelical vocation, along with any right to meta-narratives and grand theological system, it favours instead the authority of each tribe and oppressed group's local viewpoint, mythos and fragmented culture. The queer Christian equivalent of the GS vision quest appears to be giving oneself permission to ask questions leading anywhere–out of the religion if need be. If there is any mysticism in queer theology it is of a Zen-like, immediate kind.
