- Hardcover: 282 pages
- Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd (15 Nov 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1845536681
- ISBN-13: 978-1845536688
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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The book explores the theological implications of physical intersex conditions and their medical treatment. Christian theology has valued the integrity of the body and the goodness of God reflected in creation, but has also set much store by the complementarity" of normal" male and female physiology. However, a deconstruction or querying of male and female as essential or all-embracing human categories changes conceptions of legitimate bodiliness and of what it means for human sex to reflect God. Theologies which value incarnation and bodiliness must speak with stigmatized or marginal bodies too: the Body of Christ is comprised of human members, and each member changes the Body's definition of itself as well as being defined by it. Accepting the non-pathology of intersexed and otherwise atypical bodies necessitates a re-examination of discourses about sex, marriage, sexuality, perfection, healing and the resurrection body. Informed by existing theologies from three marginal areas (transsexualism, disability and queer theology), this beginning of a theology from intersex demonstrates the necessity of resisting erotic domination in defining bodies. The ongoing erasure of intersexed bodies and experiences demands theological responses motivated not by fear but by a desire to expand the ways in which human lives and bodies tell stories.
About the Author
Susannah Cornwall is an Honorary Research Fellow in Theology at the University of Exeter. Her recent publications include 'The Kenosis of Unambiguous Sex in the Body of Christ: Intersex, Theology and Existing for the OtherA"' (Theology & Sexuality 14.2, 2008) and 'State of Mind' versus 'Concrete Set of Facts': The Contrasting of Transgender and Intersex in Church Documents on SexualityA" (Theology & Sexuality 15.1, 2009).
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Never before tackled so eloquently and sensitively a taboo subject still today. I am a student studying theology and searching for different themes within my subject. This book has shed light on a most interesting and difficult subject and is now proving inspirational and integral to my studies. Thankyou Susannah!
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