Fr. Patrick S. Cheng
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Articles

Below are the book chapters, articles, and other shorter works that I have published over the years.  For an up-to-date listing of scholarly citations to my works, please see my Google Scholar Profile.

Book Forewords
  • "Foreword."  In Miguel Escobar, The Unjust Steward: Wealth, Poverty, and the Church Today, ix-xi.  Cincinnati, OH: Forward Movement, 2022 (forthcoming).
  • "Foreword."  In Joseph N. Goh, Doing Church at the Amplify Open and Affirming Conferences: Queer Ecclesiologies in Asia, v-vii.  London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.

Book Chapters
  • "Queer Theology."  In Ford's The Modern Theologians: An Introduction to Theology Since 1918, 4th ed.  Edited by Rachel Muers and Ashley Cocksworth.  West Sussex, UK: Wiley Blackwell (forthcoming).​
  • "Queer Asian American Theologies."  In Envisioning Religion, Race, and Asian Americans, 227-44.  Edited by David K. Yoo and Khyati Y. Joshi.  Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, 2020.
  • "What Theologians Need to Know: Contributions from Queer Theory."  In Oxford Handbook of Theology, Sexuality, and Gender, 153-69.  Edited by Adrian Thatcher.  Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.
  • "Domine, Non Sum Dignus: Theological Bullying and the Roman Catholic Church."  In More Than A Monologue: Learning -- Essays on Sexual Diversity and the Catholic Church, 164-73.  Edited by J. Patrick Hornbeck II and Michael A. Norko.  New York: Fordham University Press, 2014.
  • "Cur Deus Homo[sexual]: The Queer Incarnation."  In Queering Christianity: Finding a Place at the Table for LGBTQI Christians, 51-63.  Edited by Robert E. Shore-Goss, Thomas Bohache, Patrick S. Cheng, and Mona West.  Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2013.
  • "Radically Inclusive Models of God."  In Queering Christianity: Finding a Place at the Table for LGBTQI Christians, 29-32.  Edited by Robert E. Shore-Goss, Thomas Bohache, Patrick S. Cheng, and Mona West.  Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2013.
  • "The Amazing Grace of Same-Sex Blessings."  In Encouraging Conversations: Resources for Talking about Same-Sex Blessings, 66-70.  Edited by Fredrica Harris Thompsett.  New York: Morehouse Publishing, 2013.
  • "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Liberative Ethics."  In Ethics: A Liberative Approach, 207-21.  Edited by Miguel A. De La Torre.  Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2013.
  • "A Three-Part Sinfonia: Queer Asian Reflections on the Trinity."  In New Overtures: Asian North American Theology in the 21st Century, 173-91.  Edited by Eleazar S. Fernandez.  Upland, CA: Sopher Press, 2012.
  • "Rethinking Sin and Grace for LGBT People Today."  In Sexuality and the Sacred: Sources for Theological Reflection, 2nd ed., 105-18.  Edited by Marvin M. Ellison and Kelly Brown Douglas.  Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2010.
  • "Galatians."  In The Queer Bible Commentary, 624-29.  Edited by Deryn Guest, Robert E. Goss, Mona West, and Thomas Bohache.  London: SCM Press, 2006.

Articles
  • "Is Jesus Still 'ACTing Up'?," Theology and Sexuality 21, no. 3 (2015): 175-81.
  • "Kuan Yin: Espejo del Cristo queer asiático," Religión e Incidencia Pública 1 (2013): 135-54.
  • "From a 'Far East Coast Cousin': Queer Asian Reflections on Roger A. Sneed's Representations of Homosexuality," Black Theology: An International Journal 10, no. 3 (November 2012): 292-300.
  • "A Three-Part Sinfonia: Queer Asian Reflections on the Trinity," Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion 3, no. 2.9 (January 2012): 1-23.
  • "Gay Asian Masculinities and Christian Theologies," CrossCurrents 61, no. 4 (December 2011): 540-48.
  • "The Rainbow Connection: Bridging Asian American and Queer Theologies," Theology and Sexuality 17, no. 3 (September 2011): 235-64.
  • "A Comprehensive Employee Benefits System for The Episcopal Church: The 2009 Amendments to Title I, Canon 8," Journal of Episcopal Church Canon Law 2, no. 2 (July 2011): 7-28.
  • "'I Am Yellow and Beautiful': Reflections on Queer Asian Spirituality and Gay Male Cyberculture," Journal of Technology, Theology, and Religion 2, no. 3 (June 2011): 1-21.
  • "Reclaiming Our Traditions, Rituals, and Spaces: Spirituality and the Queer Asian Pacific American Experience," Spiritus 6, no. 2 (Fall 2006): 234-40.
  • Response to Mary E. Hunt, "Same-Sex Marriage and Relational Justice," Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion 20, no. 2 (Fall 2004): 103-07.
  • "Multiplicity and Judges 19: Constructing a Queer Asian Pacific American Biblical Hermeneutic," Semeia 90-91 (2002): 119-33.
  • "Note: Constitutional Limits on Anti-Gay-Rights Initiatives," Harvard Law Review 106, no. 8 (June 1993): 1905-25.
  • Comment on Quill v. North Dakota, 504 U.S. 298 (1992), "The Supreme Court, 1991 Term -- Leading Cases," Harvard Law Review 106, no. 1 (November 1992): 163-73.

Published Lecture
  • The Rainbow Connection: Bridging Asian American and Queer Theologies.  Berkeley, CA: Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry, 2012.

Book Reviews
  • Book Review of R.H. Helmholz, The Spirit of Classical Canon Law, Anglican and Episcopal History 81, no. 3 (September 2012): 353-54.
  • Book Review of Robert E. Goss, Queering Christ: Beyond Jesus Acted Up, Union Seminary Quarterly Review 57, no. 1-2 (2003): 158-60.
  • Book Review of Stephen L. Carter, Reflections of an Affirmative Action Baby, Harvard Law Review 105, no. 3 (January 1992): 773-78.

Encyclopedia Entries
  • "LGBT Asian Americans and Christianity."  In Asian American Religious Cultures, vol. 1, 88-93.  Edited by Jonathan H.X. Lee et al.  Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO (2015).
  • "Gay Men's Interpretation of the Bible: Christianity."  In Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception, vol. 9, 1030-33.  Edited by Dale C. Allison et al.  Berlin, Germany: Verlag Walter de Gruyter (2014).
  • "Religion and Sexuality, Intersections of."  In Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education, 1810-15.  Edited by James A. Banks.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2012.

Blog Posts and Other Writings
  • "Amplify 2013: Three Hundred Queer Asian Christians in Hong Kong," Huffington Post (June 17, 2013).
  • "A Scout Is Trustworthy," Huffington Post (February 11, 2013).
  • "A Unicorn at the White House," Huffington Post (July 30, 2012).
  • "Religion and Gay Marriage: The Amazing Grace of Same-Sex Marriage," Huffington Post (June 22, 2012).
  • "Remember That You Are Divine," Huffington Post ​(February 22, 2012).
  • "The Values Voter Summit and the Idolatry of 'Family Values'," Huffington Post (October 13, 2011).
  • "'Mr. Wong's Dong Emporium': Racism and the Gay Community," Huffington Post (September 28, 2011).
  • "Lady Gaga and the Gospel of Judas," Huffington Post (May 16, 2011).
  • "Radical Love: Why Christianity Is a Queer Religion," Huffington Post (March 29, 2011).
  • "Art, Censorship, and the Scandal of the Cross," Huffington Post (January 10, 2011).
  • "The Truth Will Make Us Free: A Queer Year in Review," Huffington Post (December 28, 2010).
  • "Faith, Hope, and Love: Ending LGBT Teen Suicide," Huffington Post ​(October 6, 2010).
  • "What About Love?: Why Judge Walker's Proposition 8 Ruling Is Theologically Correct," Huffington Post (August 5, 2010).
  • "Evangelicals and Gays: Why Can't We All Get Along?," Huffington Post (July 5, 2010).
  • "The Spiritual Significance of Pride," Huffington Post (June 24, 2010).
  • "What Was the Real Sin of Sodom?," Huffington Post (June 20, 2010).
  • "'Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin' and Other Modern-Day Heresies," Huffington Post (June 6, 2010).
  • "Sin as the Closet, Grace as Coming Out: Rethinking Sin and Grace for LGBT People Today," Huffington Post (May 23, 2010).
  • "'Ex-Gays' and the Ninth Circle of Hell," Huffington Post (May 20, 2010).
  • "Unclean Spirits," PersuAsian (Spring 2006): 27-28, 31.
  • "Jesus Comes Out," PersuAsian, no. 22 (Summer 2005): 23, 26-27.
  • "God Loves Sex Too (Getting Down With the Spirit)," DRAGÜN (Spring 2000): 18-20.
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