Beyond the borders of society: sex and gender as tropos in Maximus the Confessor’s theology and its relevance to contemporary ethics

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 th...

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主要作者: Brown Dewhurst, E. (Author)
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語言:English
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出版: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group 2022
In: Theology & sexuality
Year: 2022, 卷: 28, 發布: 1, Pages: 25-51
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Maximus, Confessor, Heiliger 580-662 / / 性別差異 / 禁慾主義 / 性別研究
IxTheo Classification:FD Contextual theology
KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages
NBE Anthropology
NCF Sexual ethics
Further subjects:B Queer Theology
B early Christian theology
B Maximus the Confessor
B Sex
B Gender
B Asceticism
B tropos
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總結: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.
ISSN:1745-5170
Contains:Enthalten in: Theology & sexuality
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/13558358.2022.2033585