Sex difference in Christian theology : male, female, and intersex in the image of God /

How different are men and women? When does it matter to us -- or to God? Are male and female the only two options? What about those caught in the middle? In Sex Difference in Christian Theology Megan DeFranza explores such questions in light of the Bible, theology, and science. Many Christians, entr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	DeFranza, Megan K., 1975- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, [2015]
Subjects:	Sex differences > Religious aspects > Christianity. Intersexuality > Biblical teaching. Image of God. Différences entre sexes > Aspect religieux > Christianisme. RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ethics.

Table of Contents:

Part I. More than two: challenges to the binary sex model. Intersex : medical and sociological challenges to the two-sex model
Biblical resources beyond Adam and Eve : the case of eunuchs
How we got here : historical shifts in theological anthropology
Part II. Critique and construction: theological anthropology in the postmodern period. Sex, gender, and the image of God : from other to others
Sexuality and the image of God : the relational turn
Jesus the true image : sex, gender, and sexuality in the postmodern already/not yet.