`How is the Body of Christ a Meaningful Symbol for the Contemporary Christian Community?'
This essay attempts to answer the question of how the Body of Christ is a meaningful symbol for the contemporary Christian community from a feminist perspective. Following Graham Ward's account of the displaced body of Jesus Christ, the author argues that the Body of Christ is a distinctly Chri...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2009
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| In: |
Feminist theology
Year: 2009, Volume: 17, Issue: 2, Pages: 210-228 |
| Further subjects: | B
Christology
B body of Christ B Gender B Embodiment |
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| Summary: | This essay attempts to answer the question of how the Body of Christ is a meaningful symbol for the contemporary Christian community from a feminist perspective. Following Graham Ward's account of the displaced body of Jesus Christ, the author argues that the Body of Christ is a distinctly Christian symbol that empowers the contemporary community of Christian believers with a radical new identity, one that is multi-gendered and includes a vast continuum of human and divine embodied experience. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5189 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Feminist theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0966735008098724 |