RT Article
T1 Beyond the borders of society: sex and gender as tropos in Maximus the Confessor’s theology and its relevance to contemporary ethics
JF Theology & sexuality
VO 28
IS 1
SP 25
OP 51
A1 Brown Dewhurst, E.
LA English
PB Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
YR 2022
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1815281456
AB 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.
K1 Queer Theology
K1 tropos
K1 Sex
K1 Maximus the Confessor
K1 Gender
K1 early Christian theology
K1 Asceticism
DO 10.1080/13558358.2022.2033585