Beyond the borders of society: sex and gender as tropos in Maximus the Confessor’s theology and its relevance to contemporary ethics
Maximus the Confessor believed that human nature was originally genderless and sexless and that humans would have this sexless nature restored to them in the resurrection. This paper contextualises Maximus’ theology within a landscape of ascetic, gender ambiguity, and considers what relevance his th...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
2022
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Theology & sexuality
Year: 2022, Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: 25-51 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Maximus, Confessor, Heiliger 580-662
/ Human being
/ Sex difference
/ Asceticism
/ Gender studies
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| IxTheo Classification: | FD Contextual theology KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages NBE Anthropology NCF Sexual ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Queer Theology
B early Christian theology B Maximus the Confessor B Sex B Gender B Asceticism B tropos |
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| Summary: | Maximus the Confessor believed that human nature was originally genderless and sexless and that humans would have this sexless nature restored to them in the resurrection. This paper contextualises Maximus’ theology within a landscape of ascetic, gender ambiguity, and considers what relevance his thought could have for today, given his rising importance in theological ethics. In particular, I focus on teasing out the contemporary ethical implications of sex and gender belonging to tropos – a malleable mode of human expression and movement toward the divine, rather than a fixity of nature. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5170 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology & sexuality
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13558358.2022.2033585 |