The Transgender Body's Grace

Both in church and culture, discussion of sexual orientation has far outpaced discussion of gender identity, leaving the churches with limited resources to respond to "bathroom bills" or to walk faithfully with transgender persons in their midst. This paper draws on the work of Rowan Willi...

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Main Author: Bader-Saye, Scott 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Philosophy Documentation Center [2019]
In: Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics
Year: 2019, Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 75-92
IxTheo Classification:FD Contextual theology
NBE Anthropology
NBQ Eschatology
NCF Sexual ethics
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Summary:Both in church and culture, discussion of sexual orientation has far outpaced discussion of gender identity, leaving the churches with limited resources to respond to "bathroom bills" or to walk faithfully with transgender persons in their midst. This paper draws on the work of Rowan Williams and Sarah Coakley to argue for understanding gender transition as an eschatological formation ordered to the body's grace. In critical conversation with Oliver O'Donovan, John Milbank, and David Cloutier, the paper offers a constructive, non-voluntarist theological proposal for transgender affirmation in the service of participation in the triune life that exceeds gender.
ISSN:2326-2176
Contains:Enthalten in: Society of Christian Ethics, Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics