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Paul Gay. Paul Gay (born 8 November 1968 [1]) is a French bass-baritone who sings opera and other classical forms. He has performed in France, Germany, Russia, and the United States, with a number of significant companies and directors. Gay's singing as Temrouk in Georges Bizet 's Ivan IV was criticized by "Classics Today.com". [2]
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BIOGRAPHY. French bass-baritone Paul Gay is known internationally for his portrayals of leading roles in the French repertoire. He collaborates with conductors such as Ivan Fischer, Seiji Ozawa, Michel Plasson, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Semyon Bychkov, Philippe Jordan, Alain Altinoglu, William Christie, Emmanuelle Haïm and has been invited for ...
With the softening of that homophobic stance we might consider the hypothesis that Paul may have been a gay male. We might test that theory by assuming it for a moment as we read Paul.
- Some Facts Suggest Paul Was Gay
- Spong: “A Gay Male Taught The Church What The Love of God Means”
- Paul’s Life Was Full of Passion and Paradox
- Paul Quoted A Queer Greek Prophet
- Novels Explore Paul’s Homosexual Side
- Did Paul Condemn Homosexuality?
- Lgbtq-Liberation Prayer to Paul
- Queer Religion Scholars Look at Paul
- Paul’s Best Quotes: “Love Never Ends”
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The modern concept of homosexuality did not exist in Biblical times. But Spong and others point out that a sexual attraction to men would explain some mysteries about Paul’s life: * Paul never married, which was unusual for a first-century Jew, but had a series of younger men as companions. * He sometimes expressed negativity toward women and homos...
Spong gives an eloquent and detailed explanation of why he believes Paul was gay in “Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism.” Some find the idea scandalous, but Spong sees beauty in Paul’s queer spiritual journey: Spong also asserts that Paul was homosexual in a video of his 2006 debate with James White, director of Alpha and Omega Ministries. View...
Paul was an intense, intelligent man of many contradictions. He was born around the same year as Jesus in the city of Tarsus, a large trade center on the Mediterranean coast in modern Turkey. It was rare for a first-century Jew to be a citizen of Rome, but he apparently inherited Roman citizenship from his father. Paul had a dual identity as a Gree...
Paul quoted queer Greek philosopher Epimenides twice in the New Testament: in Acts 17:28 and Titus 1:12. He referred to Epimenides as a “prophet.” Queer Bible scholar Virginia Mollenkott wrote about it in the book “Transgender Journeys”:
At least four novels have explored the possibility of Paul’s sexual attraction to men. They include: “The Secret Love Letters of Saint Paul” by Bern Callahan. (Booklocker, 2016) Same-sex romance blossoms between the Apostles Paul and Timothy of the New Testament in a daring and suspenseful novel. The gay historical romance switches between their lo...
A few scattered passages attributed to the Apostle Paul have been used to condemn homosexuality for centuries, inciting anti-gay violence and sodomy executions. They include Romans 1:26–27, 1 Corinthians 6:9–10, and 1 Timothy 1:9–10. These verses are among a small set of scriptures known as “clobber passages” because proof-texting conservatives wie...
Canadian gay theologian Donald Boisvert wrote a prayer to Paul and Augustine from an LGBTQ-liberation perspective. The prayer is included in his 2004 book “Sanctity and Male Desire: A Gay Reading of Saints.” His chapter on Paul and Augustine draws parallels between the two saints. They are both intellectuals who had dramatic conversion experiences ...
“Feminism, Queerness, Affect, and Romans: Under God?” by Jimmy Hoke. A queer feminist intersectional approach reveals how queer people in Biblical times would have engaged with Paul’s letter to the Romans. The letter arguably contains the Bible’s strongest condemnation of queer people in 1:26–27, but that is not the full story. The author is religi...
People will deny themselves access to some of Christianity’s most powerful ideas if they try to avoid all of Paul’s writings because of a few pesky passages used to promote intolerance. Here are some of his most famous and beloved quotations. For the full text, readers just need to reach for their favorite translation of the Bible. Q Spirit recomme...
St. Paul the Apostle(Queering the Church) Studies on Paul and Homosexualityby Bruce Gerig (epistle.us) “Paul, the Goddess Religions, and Queer Sects: Romans 1: 23–28” by Jeramy Townsley (Journal of Biblical Literature, December 2011) To read this article in Spanish, go to: Pablo de Tarso: ¿Su homosexualidad dio forma al cristianismo?(Santos Queer) ...
Aug 8, 2020 · Contrary to Vines, Paul condemns homosexuality in general (not limited to specific abuses) and roots his condemnation in creation itself. This explains why he writes that homosexual activity is an “exchange of natural relations that are “contrary to nature” ( para physin in the Greek).
MORE. French bass-baritone Paul Gay is known internationally for his portrayals of leading roles in the French repertoire. He collaborates with conductors such as Ivan Fischer, Seiji Ozawa, Michel Plasson, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Semyon Bychkov, Philippe Jordan, Alain Altinoglu, William Christie, Emmanuelle Haïm and has been invited for new ...
