Kathy Baldock

Kathy Baldock brings her engineer's mind to scholarship, history, and teaching. After reading an article in the New York Times several years ago about gay Christians, she was puzzled. She didn't know that was a possibility. Naturally curious, she started exploring and found herself at a conference for queer Christians, and as she worshiped with them, she felt the same presence of the Holy Spirit that she experienced at her conservative church. She found herself in deep friendships with LGBTQIA+, and began reading every book she could find on the topic of LGBTQIA+ Christianity.

Kathy often weaves her vast understanding of the Ancient Scriptures with her knowledge of science together to provide a palatable reason for the misunderstandings and misrepresentations within human sexual identity and interaction.

She heard horror stories about men and women's traumatic experience with conversion therapy and religious prejudice. She wanted to understand how and why so many churches have become so anti-gay, so she went digging into the archives of academia and uncovered how the word, “homosexuality," was added to the Bible only about 75 years ago. That discovery caught on film and became the documentary, "1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture.”

In December, Kathy has a book coming out about what she found. The book lays out all the evidence that sloppy scholarship is to blame for the beginning of the current misunderstanding of the Bible and sexuality has led to where we are today.

She shared some of what is in the book with us at the Village, and we are proud to share it with you during Atlanta Pride weekend!

Kathy's Website: https://canyonwalkerconnections.com
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A Conversation with Mark Conklin at Kathy Baldock...
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Part 2:    • Kathy Baldock | 1946  

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