Gender and Christian Ethics

Provides strong theological arguments for replacing the binary understanding of gender, and for the embracing of sexual minorities.

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).

Product details

• Authors: Adrian Thatcher, Adrian (University of Exeter) Thatcher
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.01.2024
• EAN: 9781108813235
• ISBN: 978-1-108-81323-5
• No. of pages: 243
• Series: New Studies in Christian Ethics
• Subjects: 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