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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Philosophy Documentation Center
[2019]
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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 |
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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. |
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ISSN: | 2326-2176 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Society of Christian Ethics, Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics
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