Ken Stone is an author, Professor of Bible, Culture and Hermeneutics at Chicago Theological Seminary and a member of the United Church of Christ. He chairs the Reading, Theory and the Bible Section of the Society of Biblical Literature. The winner of a Lambda Literary Award, Stone focuses much of his research and writing on the relationship between biblical hermeneutics and matters of gender and sexuality (see queer theology). His other research and teaching interests include the relationship between critical theory and biblical interpretation and matters of gender, sexuality, animals, and ecology.

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Books Articles "'Do Not Be Conformed To This World': Queer Reading And The Task Of The Preacher." Theology & Sexuality 13.2 (2007): 153–165. "Flame Of Yahweh: Sexuality In The Old Testament." Biblical Interpretation 19.3 (2011): 339–341. "Homosexuality And The Bible Or Queer Reading? A Response To Martti Nissinen." Theology & Sexuality 7.14 (2001): 107–118. "Safer Text: Reading Biblical Laments In The Age Of AIDS." Theology & Sexuality 5.10 (1999): 16.