God, Science, Sex, Gender

An Interdisciplinary Approach to Christian Ethics

AvPatricia Beattie Jung,Aana Marie Vigen

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Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

God, Sex, Science, Gender: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Christian Ethics is a timely, wide-ranging attempt to rescue dialogues on human sexuality, sexual diversity, and gender from insular exchanges based primarily on biblical scholarship and denominational ideology. Too often, dialogues on sexuality and gender devolve into the repetition of party lines and defensive postures, without considering the interdisciplinary body of scholarly research on this complex subject. This volume expands beyond the usual parameters, opening the discussion to scholars in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences to foster the development of Christian sexual ethics for contemporary times.

Essays by prominent and emerging scholars in the fields of anthropology, sociology, psychology, philosophy, literary studies, theology, and ethics reveal how faith and reason can illuminate our understanding of human sexual and gender diversity. Focusing on the intersection of theology and science and incorporating feminist theory, God, Science, Sex, Gender is a much-needed call for Christian ethicists to map the origins and full range of human sexual experience and gender identity. Essays delve into why human sexuality and gender can be so controversial in Christian contexts, investigate the complexity of sexuality in humans and other species, and reveal the implications of diversity for Christian moral theology.

Contributors are Joel Brown, James Calcagno, Francis J. Catania, Pamela L. Caughie, Robin Colburn, Robert Di Vito, Terry Grande, Frank Fennell, Anne E. Figert, Patricia Beattie Jung, Fred Kniss, John McCarthy, Jon Nilson, Stephen J. Pope, Susan A. Ross, Joan Roughgarden, and Aana Marie Vigen.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-12-11
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:296
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9780252047275
Förlag:University of Illinois Press

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Patricia Beattie Jung is a professor of Christian ethics and the Oubri A. Poppele Professor of Health and Welfare Ministries at St. Paul School of Theology. She is the coeditor of Good Sex: Feminist Perspectives from the World's Religions.Aana Marie Vigen is an assistant professor of ethics at Loyola University and the author of Women, Ethics, and Inequality in U.S. Healthcare: "To Count among the Living."

Recensioner i media

"A tremendously important collection that brings together science, literature, theology, and biblical studies in riveting and revolutionary ways. The essays are remarkably integrated and accessible."--Christine Gudorf, author of Boundaries: A Casebook in Environmental Ethics "This book makes great strides towards bridging intellectual divides between science, religion, gender, sexuality and ethics."--Religion and Gender "A methodological must-read for ethicists of sexuality and for all ethicists wishing to engage biological and social sciences rigorously."--Equinox Publishing

Innehållsförteckning

CoverTitleCopyrightContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction Patricia Beattie Jung and Aana Marie VigenPart 1. Establishing Basepoints for Dialogue1. Red Hats: Catholic Sexual Ethics in the Face of Church Authority Jon Nilson2. White Coats: Boundary Disputes between Scientific and Religious Authority Anne E. Figert3. What's All the Fuss About? The Conflict between Science and Religion over Sexual Diversity Fred Kniss4. Medieval Attitudes toward Philosophia Naturalis in Relation to Scientia Moralis Francis J. Catania5. Patriarchy, Purity, and Procreativity: Developments in Catholic Teachings on Human Sexuality and Gender Patricia Beattie JungPart 2. Reflecting on Human Sexual Diversity6. Evolutionary Biology and Sexual Diversity Joan Roughgarden7. The Evolution of Sex Terry Grande and Joel Brown, with Robin Colburn8. Interpreting the Theology of Creation: Binary Gender in Catholic Thought John McCarthy9. "Passing" and Identity: A Literary Perspective on Genderand Sexual Diversity Pamela L. Caughie10. Monogamy and Sexual Diversity in Primates: Can Evolutionary Biology Contribute to Christian Sexual Ethics? James Calcagno11. "In God's Image" and "Male and Female": How a Little Punctuation Might Have Helped Robert Di VitoPart 3. Sexual Diversity and Christian Moral Theology12. Social Selection and Sexual Diversity: Implications for Christian Ethics Stephen J. Pope13. The Triumph of Diversity: Hopkins's "Pied Beauty" Frank Fennell14. Christ as Bride: Toward a Christology of Diversity Susan A. Ross15. Gender in Heaven: The Story of the Ethiopian Eunuchin Light of Evolutionary Biology Patricia Beattie Jung and Joan RoughgardenConclusion: Descriptive and Normative Ways of Understanding Human Nature Aana Marie VigenBibliographyContributorsScripture IndexSubject and Author IndexBack cover