Queering Contemplation

Cassidy Hall

English Christianity Religion & Spirituality

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Episodes 14

Avg. Duration 43m

Activity Declining

Since Jul 2023

Latest Episode Aug 2025

Publishing Details

Schedule

Quarterly

Format

Episodic

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About This Podcast

A new podcast from Cassidy Hall and the Christian Century examining the intersection of queerness and contemplative life. Based on her forthcoming book, Queering Contemplation: Finding Queerness in the Roots and Future of Contemplative Spirituality (Broadleaf, 2024). The world of contemplative Christianity has yielded to the same voices for far too long, many of whom are from centuries before our time, with lives unlike our own, and often from experiences disconnected from marginalization, oppression, and what it feels like to be an outsider. Cassidy Hall, an LGBTQIA+ Christian contemplative scholar and podcast host, takes us on a journey to queer the contemplative tradition. For Hall, queering is not solely about identifying as queer or applying queer theory; it is about what is gained by seeing things differently. "Queer," she says, "is the way I tilt my head to look at the world." As queerness reawakened her own contemplative life, Hall discovered that queering and questioning the tradition allowed her to listen more closely to voices that are queer, marginalized, and oppressed--voices that have long existed but have often been overlooked or silenced. For Hall, that also meant moving differently into contemplation, into silence, into liminality and ritual. In showing us the way, she helps us envision what contemplative faith can look like, what spiritual spaces we can reclaim for welcome--and how queering contemplation, and lifting up queer contemplative voices, frees us to seek the infinite possibility of our own identity and engage our spiritual lives with open hearts and open hands.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Queering Contemplation have?

Queering Contemplation has published 14 episodes since July 2023, covering topics in Christianity, Religion & Spirituality.

Is Queering Contemplation still active?

Queering Contemplation is currently declining with new episodes quarterly. Average episode length is 43m.