A Queer Lectionary: (Im)proper Readings from the Margins - Year B

by Peter Carlson (Editor)

Overview

A groundbreaking compendium of sermons that provide queer and inclusive readings of the Sundays and major feasts of Year B in the Revised Common Lectionary. 

This pioneering work—the second in the series—features incisive commentaries on the Revised Common Lectionary that provide inspiration for writing sermons with a message of liberation. An ideal resource for teaching biblical and queer studies, this volume features contributions from clergy and scholars from a variety of liturgical traditions, including the Episcopal Church, United Church of Christ, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Metropolitan Community Churches, and more. 

PRAISE FOR A QUEER LECTIONARY - YEAR A

“In an era when pulpits pander to power and scrub sermons clean of danger and grit, AQueer Lectionary dares real life—where our bodies bleed, laugh, grieve, resist, and rise. In a time when the status quo kneels before authoritarian power, these reflections run to meet us, arms wide, full of holy mischief. We need this voice.” —The Rev. Jeff R. Johnson, Bishop of the Sierra Pacific Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

"Carlson is one more critical voice who is reading and telling Gospel-stories from the so-called margins, embracing his and our 'otherness,' and providing a fresh, bracing take on ancient, universal stories of faith." —Rev. Dr. Brett Mitchell, Pastor, La Mesa Presbyterian Church, Albuquerque, NM, Author of Practicing Pilgrimage

These pages are filled with stories and queer reflections—at once familiar, strange, and surprising—that remain fiercely rooted in a commitment to proclaim, again and again, the divine invitation to “come and see that the Lord is good” (Psalm 34:8)." —Rolf R. Nolasco, Jr., ThD, Rueben P. Job Professor of Spiritual Formation & Pastoral Theology, and Director of the Job Institute for Spiritual Formation

"This Queer Lectionary is a great addition to any pastor's library, containing multiple sermons that address current U.S. situations and relevant queer issues. Accessible and colloquial, you don't have to be an academic to appreciate its profound insights." —Rev Lis Valle-Ruiz, PhD, Associate Professor of Homiletics and Worship and Director of Community Worship Life, McCormick Theological Seminary

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781640659599
Publisher:	Church Publishing, Incorporated
Publication date:	07/07/2026
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Peter Carlson is a scholar of religious history and gender. Their work has focused on constructions of masculinity and femininity in the late medieval and early modern periods, as well as theologies of sexuality and gender construction across religious traditions. A graduate of Claremont Graduate School and Wheaton College, Carlson was a fellow at Lincoln College Oxford. They are currently associate professor of religion at California Lutheran University, where they regularly teach courses in gender and queer theology and direct the gender and women’s studies minor. A committed Episcopalian, Carlson has presented to religious groups on the history of the Christian church, the pursuit and quality of sacred space, medieval history, and the history of gender and marriage. They also preach regularly. Carlson lives in Thousand Oaks, California.