Introduction: On Maternality, Between Theology and Sexuality
The introduction to the special issue situates the five following essays in the context of historical and contemporary theological reflection on maternality. It addresses the fraught connection between sexuality and maternality in the Christian theological imagination and argues that the maternal bo...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
2013
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Theology & sexuality
Year: 2013, Volume: 19, Issue: 3, Pages: 195-202 |
| Further subjects: | B
maternality
B Incarnation B Irigaray B Kristeva B Hadewijch B Virgin Mary |
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| Summary: | The introduction to the special issue situates the five following essays in the context of historical and contemporary theological reflection on maternality. It addresses the fraught connection between sexuality and maternality in the Christian theological imagination and argues that the maternal body has often functioned as a bridge between the opposed arenas of Word and flesh, God and humanity, and eternity and time. The introduction concludes by using the figure of the Virgin Mary as a lens to consider the theological themes of birth, grief, the incarnation, sacrifice, and Eucharist. Mary’s body, site of the incarnation, allows connection, mediation, contiguity, and congress to occur. As such, it also functions as a bridge between theology and sexuality. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5170 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology & sexuality
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1179/1355835814Z.00000000034 |