Guilty of Sin: African-American Denominational Churches and their Exclusion of SGL Sisters and Brothers

Abstract

Same gender loving (SGL) brothers and sisters continue to experience marginalization because of the exclusion perpetuated by African-American denominational churches. Many churches continue to proclaim SGL sexual identities and partnerships as sinful. The author argues that many churches base this claim on androcentric-oriented conceptualizations of sin and human sexuality. As a result, the paper will explore Womanist/Feminist reconstructions of sin and sexuality as a means to locate a theological perspective that confronts androcentrism and affirms SGL identities and partnerships.