Indecent Teaching: On the Pedagogical Possibilities and Challenges of Marcella Althaus-Reid

This paper reflects on Althaus-Reid as a (perhaps the) nascent “canonical” figure of queer theology, as her texts as required to be taught to beginners. What happens to the notion of a “canon” (or even minimally, a standard reading list) when Althaus-Reid is a cornerstone of it? And what happens to Althaus-Reid’s work when it is made canonical, however destabilized that notion might be? How does one teach her, and to beginners? Based on experiments in teaching and learning, this paper will considers various insights and challenges from the teaching of Althaus-Reid’s work.