Description
Book SynopsisThis book engages Karl Barthâs Christological anthropology in order to provide a Christian account of identity that affirms both humanityâs universally-shared identity in Jesus and each personâs particular identities, especially regarding sex, gender, and sexuality.
This unfolds through highlighting the significance of Barthâs rejection of Natural Theology, affirmation of science, the necessity of Jesusâ embodied particularity for the universality of his person and work, and the corresponding anthropological affirmation of each personâs unique embodiment. Using Barthâs primary methodological and Christological commitments, this book remedies Barthâs inconsistencies within his ordered male/female dyad and builds on Barthâs work to provide a Christian account of identity that affirms the universal humanity and unique particularity of persons within and outside of the cisgendered heteronormative male/female dyad, thus creating a shared starting point for Christians in conversations of ethics.
Offering Barthâs Christological anthropology as a corrective to both essentialism and subjectivism, and as a meaningful resource for re-thinking identity, this book will be of interest to scholars in Religious Studies and Theology, Anthropology and Gender Studies.
