Montes, Isabella M2023-05-232020-07-152021-02-172020-07-15https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/42374This work focuses on queer faith and how queer persons who have struggled with traditional values, public opinion, and lingering violence due to their sexuality, can reclaim their space and voices within religious communities. By redefining purity, exploring an alternative belief system though hybrid spirituality, and understanding the connection between pride and shame, queer persons can establish a dynamic framework, that allows for queer faith to be employed as a method of agency. This is analyzed through a literary perspective, focusing on the work of Ana Castillo’s novel, So Far From God.Queer faithShamePurity BinaryHybrid SpiritualityAna CastilloFeminist theoryQueer theoryShame PoliticsSpiritualityCatholicismLiteratureEnglish Language and LiteratureEthnic StudiesFeminist, Gender, and Sexuality StudiesIndigenous StudiesLatina/o StudiesLesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender StudiesLiterature in English, North America, Ethnic and Cultural MinorityPhilosophyReligionWomen's StudiesArticle