RT Article
T1 The Godly “I Am” of Trans Identity
JF Religion & gender
VO 13
IS 1
SP 69
OP 87
A1 Sanchinel, Sam
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2023
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1838171185
AB To many, reading trans identity through a Christian lens only makes sense if the goal is to deny trans people of rights. As such, trans persons have generally been understood through a secular lens, thus erasing the value held in Biblical texts on understanding humanity. In this paper the author reads trans identity as emerging from what they describe as “the Godly ‘I am.’ ” With a framework rooted in the works of Winnicott, de Certeau, and trans theological practice as well as referring to the Tower of Babel narrative and the various declarations of “I am” throughout the Bible, the author presents a view of trans embodiment as the expression of human possibility where one may truly “come into being” in the enunciation of “I am”.
K1 Play
K1 Transgender
K1 trans theology
K1 Christianity
K1 trans identity
DO 10.1163/18785417-tat00004