QueerTheology.com

Brian G. Murphy is an activist, educator, certified relationship coach, and was raised as an evangelical Christian. Now he practices faith-based activism and social justice work, co-founding Legalize Trans, creating QueerTheology.com in partnership with Father Shannon Kearns, and speaking at countless colleges and conferences, and even teaching a course on the intersection of polyamory and Christianity.

Polyamory and queerness in Christianity

One of the reasons Brian and Father Shannon started Queer Theology was to redirect focus from trying to discover where in the bible it says being queer is okay to the realization that being queer isn’t limited to constantly trying to battle for acceptable existence.

“There's so much more to being queer than just always defending ourselves against what we're not, and we get stuck in the oppressor's game when we only focus on these things.”

Brian

Similarly, some people search for the biblical acceptance of polyamory, which can be complicated, since the culture was different, and there’s a bigger picture to consider when looking for acceptance. It's tempting to get stuck in the details and lose sight of the bigger picture and the significance of what was in that time and place. Therefore, there are much more effective and rewarding ways to explore queerness in Christianity, like analyzing and interpreting based on the current time. For example, if God has an abundance of love and it’s not limited, then our love is also not finite, and polyamory is a way of exhibiting that infinite love. Force monogamy, on the other hand, is not.

For more anecdotes from Brian and a more in-depth discussion about the intersection of Christianity and polyamory, be sure to listen to the full episode.