Sex, gender, and intersex: anthropological, medical, and ethical critiques and proposals
The problems of intersex have received little attention from both Catholic Magisterium and theologians. Early in 2019, the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education issued a document intended to be a pathway for a dialogue on the issue of gender in education. This essay responds to that document a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2019]
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Theology & sexuality
Year: 2019, Volume: 25, Issue: 3, Pages: 205-226 |
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Catholic church, Kongregation für das Katholische Bildungswesen, Verfasserschaft1, Als Mann und Frau schuf er sie
/ Intersexuality
/ Medicine
/ Theological anthropology
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDB Roman Catholic Church NBE Anthropology NCF Sexual ethics NCH Medical ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Intersex
B Experience B Creation B Congregation for Catholic Education B Relationstechnik B Sex B holistic-relational anthropology B Selwyn / Sally Gross B Gender |
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| Summary: | The problems of intersex have received little attention from both Catholic Magisterium and theologians. Early in 2019, the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education issued a document intended to be a pathway for a dialogue on the issue of gender in education. This essay responds to that document as a contribution to filling theological gaps in the consideration of intersex. It first explains and critiques the theological anthropology underlying the Vatican document and then analyzes and critiques Western cultural, medical approaches to intersex persons. It dialogues with the experience of intersex persons and the social sciences that document it and concludes by proposing ethical principles to guide intersex persons, their parents, and their physicians in the care and treatment of intersex. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5170 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology & sexuality
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13558358.2020.1722563 |