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Acknowledgments

This book would not have been possible without the support of the Episcopal Divinity School community, including my faculty colleagues Angela Bauer-Levesque, Stephen Burns, Christopher Duraisingh, Suzanne Ehly, Miriam Gelfer, Bill Kondrath, Joan Martin, Kwok Pui-lan, Katherine Hancock Ragsdale, Ed Rodman, Susie Snyder, Fredrica Harris Thompsett, Larry Wills, and Gale Yee. Special thanks goes to the EDS and Sherrill Library staff, especially Chris Carr, Aura Fluett, Jamie Glass, Scott Kinkade, Jeffrey Perkins, and Stephanie Nelson.

I am grateful to those who have commented on the draft manuscript in whole or in part, including Darren Arquero, Mike Campos, Vincent Cervantes, Hugo Córdova Quero, Thomas Eoyang, Joe Goh, Robyn Henderson-Espinoza, Pamela Lightsey, Catherine Owens, Andy Smith, Lai Shan Yip, and Nikki Young. I am also grateful to those people who have given me feedback about the ideas in this book, including individuals from the following communities: Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry; Chicago Theological Seminary; Episcopal Divinity School; Human Rights Campaign Summer Institute; Pacific School of Religion; Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York; Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning; and Wellesley College. Of course, all errors in the book are my responsibility alone.

During the writing of this book, I have been sustained by my friends in the following communities: American Academy of Religion Asian North American Religion, Culture, and Society Group; American Academy of Religion Committee on the Status of LGBTIQ Persons in the Profession; American Academy of Religion Gay Men and Religion Group; Boston Queer Theology Forum; Christ Church Cambridge; Emerging Queer Asian Religion Scholars; Emmanuel Church in the City of Boston; Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts; Metropolitan Community Churches Theologies Team; National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance; Queer Asian Spirit; and Society of Christian Ethics. I am grateful for a 2012 summer fellowship awarded by the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning that partially funded my work on this book.

In addition to the persons and communities mentioned above, I am grateful for the friendship, support, and inspiration of the following queer of color theologians, religion scholars, and allies: Victor Anderson, Margaret Aymer Oget, Rudy Busto, Monica Coleman, James Cone, Shawn Copeland, Miguel De La Torre, Aman De Sondy, Kelly Brown Douglas, Orlando Espín, Ibrahim Abdurrahman Farajajé, Horace Griffin, Jen Harvey, Renée Hill, Zayn Kassam, Eric Law, Benny Liew, Leng Lim, Irene Monroe, Su Pak, Laurel Schneider, Roger Sneed, Emilie Townes, and Traci West. I am also thankful for the ongoing friendship and wisdom of Faith Cantor, Kitt Cherry, Jessica Greenleaf, Kim Leary, Mary McKinney, Christine Pao, Amy Revell, Joe Robinson, Tom Shaw, Bob Shore-Goss, Geoffrey Tristram, Renee Ward, and Pam Werntz.

As always, I am grateful to the wonderful folks at Seabury Books, including my editor, Davis Perkins, and his colleagues Nancy Bryan, Mark Dazzo, Bill Falvey, Ryan Masteller, Deirdre Morrissey, Lillian Ort, Lorraine Simonello, and Laurie Westhafer.

I give thanks to my family, including Deanna Cheng, Andrew Cheng, Abi Karlin-Resnick, Jordan Cheng, and Noah Cheng. Last but not least, I could not have written this book—let alone pursued my vocation as a theologian, seminary professor, and ordained minister—without the steadfast love and support of my husband, Michael Boothroyd, and our dog, Chartres.