From Normative to Nothing: A Pentecostal Theological Conception of the Body
Abstract Christian theology has historically constructed a “normative” human body: white and male. Theological conclusions, then, are filtered through this systematic way of viewing the world, invariably excluding bodies that do not conform. Pentecostal theology, I argue, has the resources to transg...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2021
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Pneuma
Year: 2021, Volume: 43, Issue: 2, Pages: 233-249 |
IxTheo Classification: | KBQ North America KDG Free church NBE Anthropology |
Further subjects: | B
Reformed
B reconstituted B Body B Nothing B reconsidered B Normativity |
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Summary: | Abstract Christian theology has historically constructed a “normative” human body: white and male. Theological conclusions, then, are filtered through this systematic way of viewing the world, invariably excluding bodies that do not conform. Pentecostal theology, I argue, has the resources to transgress these myopic confines imposed on the body, freeing the body through sound and movement rather than adhering to static categorization. Thus, I begin by exploring U.S. history around the body, demonstrating how specific bodies have been strategically opposed and denigrated for the sake of maintaining “white” supremacy. Next, I use Paul Tillich as a case study for the theology’s “normative” body, enabling me to enter my central argument: Pentecostal theology is able to reconsider, reconstitute, and reform the “normative” body, removing arbitrary parameters and categories. The body, I contend, is movement and sound that refuses the oppressive forces that try to contain through classification and subjugation. |
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ISSN: | 1570-0747 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Pneuma
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700747-bja10035 |