Description

From responses to marriage equality, to the ordination of openly lesbian and gay clergy, to the censure of women religious, to a growing awareness of trans and intersex embodiments-even as bisexuality remains under-recognized-Christian communities are struggling to understand the place of sexual difference in the human person. Hugely significant to these discussions-yet often underacknowledged within them - is the concept of sexual/gender complementarity, a contemporary theological idea with pre-modern roots. Drawing upon ancient, medieval, and contemporary sources in a variety of media - texts, images, films, and websites- this course will examine various permutations, proponents and detractors of this idea. In both critical and constructive modes we will consider whose identities, whose relationships, whose bodies are illumined or obscured by this idea, and what further frontiers of the human might take ecclesial conversation into new theological terrain.

Enrollment Limited: No
Open to BTI Students: Yes

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Scheduling

0.50 credits
Fall 2012
Thurs 4pm-7pm
Divinity Hall Room 213

Relationship to Program Requirements

Program Requirement	Area / Category / Art / Designation
MTS Area(s) of Focus	History of Christianity New Testament and Early Christianity Religion, Ethics, and Politics Theology Women, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion
MDiv Distribution Category/ies	Christianity
MDiv Art(s) of Ministry	Pastoral Care and Counseling Public Leadership, Community Organizing, and Planning Preaching and Worship Religious Education and Spiritual Development
Language Course Designation(s)	None