Patrick S. Cheng is assistant professor of historical & systematic theology at Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, Mass. He is a contributor to the 2nd edition of Sexuality and the Sacred (WJK), as well as to The Queer Bible Commentary (SCM). Cheng holds a BA from Yale College, a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a Ph.D., M.Phil., and M.A. in systematic theology from Union Theological Seminary in New York. He is an ordained minister in the Metropolitan Community Church.