These papers and sermons are the fruits of my course work at Pacific School of Religion pursuing a Master’s Degree in Divinity.
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This paper constructs a holistic Christian ethical framework for sex workers–one in which erotic healing becomes possible through consent-based power dynamics, radical inclusion and ritualized spiritual practices. Within a vision of a more sexually just future, this framework is understood and regarded as a morally good response to the sexual shame and spiritual harm left in the wake of colonial Christianity.
Abstract: Kink practices offer significant contributions in the church/Christian spiritual communities as a way of demonstrating pastoral care and caring for the entire individual, including their sexuality/shame, as well as providing a safe space for embodied experiences of surrender. By taking such concepts out of the theoretical and into lived experiences facilitated by trained professionals (ie kink practitioners/sex workers), congregants are granted deeper understanding of themselves and a safe(r) space to explore parts of their sexuality — and surrender — that could ultimately bring them in closer relationship with God.