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Through an examination of  The Amen Corner  and  Just Above My Head , this essay explores James Baldwin’s disidentification with Christian conversion. According to queer theorist José Esteban Muñoz, to disidentify with an object is not to embrace (identify) or reject (counteridentify) a phenomenon, but it is a “working on, with, and against a cultural form.” In  The Amen Corner  Baldwin, to borrow the language of Muñoz, “transfigures” conversion from signifying the  entry  of a new convert into a life of faith, to reimagining conversion/salvation as the  abandonment  of Christian belief and the  leaving  of ecclesiastical community for the higher call of love. While in  Just Above My Head,  conversion is reinterpreted through the medium of queer sexual expression, which simultaneously sanctifies queer sexuality, while also utilizing the sex act as a fecund space for reimagining the sacred and salvation.

“Somebody Touched Me”: Disidentification, Conversion, and the Promise of Queer Transformation in James Baldwin’s Fiction