Gender and Christian Ethics

This book is for students of Theology, Christian Ethics, and Religious and Gender Studies; and everyone longing for the full acceptance of women and LGBTIQ people in the churches and beyond. It exposes the roots of prejudice against women and sexual minorities, and offers constructive proposals for gender justice.

List of contents

Part I. Gender and Violence: 1. Aims and key terms; 2. The global gender crisis; 3. Gender binaries as theological problems; Part II. Double Vision: Catholics and Protestants Sexual Difference: 4. The Vatican and the war on gender; 5. Women, men, and Barth; 6. The conceit of complementarity; Part III. The Human Continuum: A Place for Everyone: 7. The continuum and the doctrine of God; 8. The human continuum: a place for everyone; 9. The masculine/feminine binary and the theological critique of culture; 10. The continuum and sacred texts.

About the author

Adrian Thatcher is the author of twelve books, most recently Redeeming Gender (2016), and editor of The Oxford Handbook of Theology, Sexuality and Gender (2015).

Summary

This book is for students of theology, Christian ethics, and religious and gender studies; and everyone longing for the full acceptance of women and LGBTIQ people in the churches and beyond. It exposes the roots of prejudice against women and sexual minorities, and offers constructive proposals for gender justice.

Product details

• Authors: Thatcher Adrian Thatcher, Adrian Thatcher, Adrian (University of Exeter) Thatcher, THATCHER ADRIAN
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9781108839488
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83948-8
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: New Studies in Christian Ethics; New Studies in Christian Ethic
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; RELIGION / Ethics, Christianity, Religious ethics, Gender studies, gender groups, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender and relationships, Religious social and pastoral thought and activity, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender & relationships, Christian social thought & activity, Christian aspects of sexuality, gender & relationships