Is Kinship Always Already Reproductive?: An Ecclesiological, Poststructuralist Account
This article offers a critique of contemporary Christianity’s emphasis on family and gestures towards possible alternative visions. Juxtaposing early Christian narratives of kinship with Judith Butler’s analysis of the story of Antigone, this article argues that the sacrament of baptism enables and...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
2012
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Theology & sexuality
Year: 2012, Volume: 18, Issue: 3, Pages: 175-197 |
| Further subjects: | B
Baptism
B Antigone B Early Christianity B Ecclesiology B Kinship B Family B Structuralism B Marriage B Butler |
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| Summary: | This article offers a critique of contemporary Christianity’s emphasis on family and gestures towards possible alternative visions. Juxtaposing early Christian narratives of kinship with Judith Butler’s analysis of the story of Antigone, this article argues that the sacrament of baptism enables and supports re-envisioning kinship in a ecclesiological, as opposed to reproductive, framework. This essay suggests that an ecclesiological and a poststructuralist account of kinship are mutually generative, with attendant ethical and political implications. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5170 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology & sexuality
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1179/1355835813Z.00000000014 |