Am I going to hell?

A possible rereading of homosexuality in the Old Testament

Authors

  • Fabrício Veliq

Keywords:

Homosexuality, Old Testament, Leviticus, Evangelical Church

Abstract

The homosexual issue, even though very much alive in our society, is still seen with quite discriminatory eyes in Brazilian society. This view is even larger within the environment of the evangelical institutional Church, especially those of more fundamentalist nature, which generates fear of divine punishment and therefore the rejection of homosexual people in communion with the other members of this community. The main basis for these refutations are the texts of the Old Testament, especially the book of Leviticus. This article aims to address, from a lesbian Christian experience and studies of Robert Di Vito, a possible reinterpretation of the book of Leviticus and texts of the Old Testament language about the homosexual issue.

Author Biography

Fabrício Veliq

Mestre e Doutorando em Teologia pela Faculdade Jesuíta de Belo Horizonte-MG, Brasil. Doutorando em
Teologia pela Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Membro do grupo de pesquisa Estudos de Cristologia
da Faculdade Jesuíta de Filosofia e Teologia de Belo Horizonte e do grupo de pesquisa Fundamental
and Political Theology em KU Leuven. Contato: fveliq@gmail.com.

Published

2022-02-24

How to Cite

Veliq, F. (2022). Am I going to hell? A possible rereading of homosexuality in the Old Testament. Identidade!, 22(1), 144–152. Retrieved from http://198.211.97.179/periodicos_novo/index.php/Identidade/article/view/1346