Conceptions of identity: the challenge of sexual fluidity to Christian notions of marriage
In this paper, I consider the concept of identity as foundational to the heteronormative constructions of marriage manifesting in Christian interpretations of the institution. In an attempt to destabilize what I consider the congealing function of identity, I examine current research on sexuality fl...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2018]
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| In: |
Theology & sexuality
Year: 2018, Volume: 24, Issue: 2, Pages: 143-156 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Diamond, Lisa M. 1971-, Sexual fluidity
/ Woman
/ Sexual behavior
/ Sexual orientation (motif)
/ Identity
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| IxTheo Classification: | NBE Anthropology NCF Sexual ethics ZD Psychology |
| Further subjects: | B
Gender Identity
B Lisa Diamond B Christian Marriage B Sexual fluidity |
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Volltext (Publisher) |
| Summary: | In this paper, I consider the concept of identity as foundational to the heteronormative constructions of marriage manifesting in Christian interpretations of the institution. In an attempt to destabilize what I consider the congealing function of identity, I examine current research on sexuality fluidity emerging from Lisa Diamond's work. I argue that the evidence of sexual fluidity in women challenges stable identity markers characteristic of marriage conceived of within the male-female binary. Sexual fluidity, thus, ultimately disrupts heteronormative claims of Christian marriage. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5170 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology & sexuality
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13558358.2018.1463647 |
