Susannah Cornwall

Sex and Uncertainty in the Body of Christ

Intersex Conditions and Christian Theology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Mainstream Christian theology has valued the integrity of the body and the goodness of God reflected in creation. However, it has also asserted the complementarity of 'normal' male and female physiology. 'Sex and Uncertainty in the Body of Christ' offers the first systematic theology of the intersexed body. The book analyses the theological implications of physical intersex conditions and their medical treatment. The medical assumption of what constitutes male and female bodies is shown to raise essential questions about the meaning of incarnation and bodiliness. The book argues for a theology that speaks to stigmatized and marginal bodies, examining the impact of such a theology on sex, marriage, sexuality, perfection, healing, and the resurrected body.

Produktdetails

• Gender, Theology and Spirituality
• Verlag: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 430g
• ISBN-13: 9781845536695
• ISBN-10: 184553669X
• Artikelnr.: 28207643

Autorenporträt

Susannah Cornwall is Advanced Research Fellow at University of Exeter, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Reflecting and Reproducing: The History of Intersex 3.
Relinquishing and Relating: Intersex/DSD and Marginal Bodies in the Body of
Christ 4. Reassigning and Redefining: Intersex/DSD and Theologies from
Transgender 5. Remembering and Re-Membering: Intersex and Theologies from
Disability 6. Resisting and Reappropriating: Intersex/DSD and Queer
Theologies 7. Realizing and Remaking: Conclusion Glossary: A Summary of
Some Intersex/DSD Conditions and Related Terminology

Rezensionen

"Brings to light the mass confusion - uncertainty - surrounding intersex conditions in both medical circles and theological circles. This volume is highly recommended." - Religious Studies Review