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Holy Body: Gender and Sexual Difference in Theological Anthropology and Ecclesiology: Studies in Body and Religion

Autor Brianne Bell Jacobs
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 15 dec 2024
Holy Body: Gender and Sexual Difference in Theological Anthropology and Ecclesiology argues that all bodies across sexual difference are procreative. The author lays the ground for her argument with chapters that summarize the current debate over the gender binary in theology, modern scientific evidence about sexual difference, philosophical arguments about gender as a social construction, the development of the gender binary in Christian history, and the effects of the gender binary today. With this foundation laid, Brianne Bell Jacobs argues for a theological anthropology in which all bodies, by performatively expanding who is loved, are generative. Then, in the context of Roman Catholic ecclesiology, Jacobs argues again that all bodies are generative. She calls for an ordained priesthood in mutual relationship with the priesthood of the baptized, in which both are given meaning beyond the gender binary, and in which both are able together to generate the Body of Christ in the church and the Eucharist. In response to the harms of patriarchy, sexualized racism, homophobia, and sexual abuse, this book presents a Roman Catholic theology that affirms we are each of us, and together, a life-giving and holy body.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781666971248
ISBN-10: 1666971243
Pagini: 190
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Lexington Books
Seria Studies in Body and Religion

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Hopes and Sorrows of the Patriarchy Crisis
Chapter One: Three Perspectives on Sexual Difference in Theological Discourse
Chapter Two: The Science of Sexual Difference
Chapter Three: The Social Construction of The Body
Chapter Four: The Development of a Gender Binary In Christianity History
Chapter Five: The Gender Binary in Society Today
Chapter Six: All Loving Bodies Are Generative
Chapter Seven: The Church and the Body of Christ
Chapter Eight: A Mystical Political Ecclesiology
Bibliography
About the Author

Recenzii

In this crisp, critical, multidisciplinary analysis of gender, Brianne Bell Jacobs marshals the data of science, social analysis and philosophy, and integrates them with history and theory, to construct a balanced anthropology and ecclesiology. This penetrating yet accessible scholarly work presents "body" as a key metaphor for personal and ecclesial spirituality in our time: that we may be one. This work is required reading for understanding today's church.
I scarcely have words to express my appreciation for Brianne Bell Jacobs's brilliant, incisive, and inspiring work. Combining wide scholarship, moral passion, and a rare delight in the power and beauty of language, her book lays the foundation for a life-giving paradigm shift in Catholic theology regarding gender, sex, and the body. For many it will be a life-line to renewed faith.
Holy Body is both a sure-footed guide through the thickets of gender theology and theory, and a compelling vision of the possibilities within Catholic thought for a recast theology of the body with grace at its heart. Sure to command interest within and beyond Roman Catholicism, Jacobs gently exposes myths and misunderstandings about the body and gender, and presents a forthright and progressive alternative to standard conservative thought about both.
Holy Body is a thoughtful, thorough, and engaging treatment of the connection between theological anthropology and ecclesiology in a genuine, intersectional feminist key. Jacobs pushes the fields of gender studies, ecclesiology, and feminist theology to new insights and fresh understandings of love, generativity, and communion.