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Original sin and the evolution of sexual difference /

"This monograph develops an interdisciplinary conversation between evolutionary biology, feminist philosophy, and theology to illuminate the entanglement of Christian thinking about original sin with theologies of sexual difference. It assesses the opportunities for rethinking original sin and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Loumagne, Megan, 1985- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Sin, Original.
Sex differences > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Feminist theology.
Evolution (Biology) > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Sex differentiation.
Péché originel.
Différenciation sexuelle.
Différences entre sexes > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Théologie féministe.
Sin, Original
Sex differentiation
Theology
Religion & beliefs.
Religion.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • PART I : HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THEOLOGIES OF SIN AND SEXUAL DIFFERENCE
  • 1. Evolution of a Doctrine
  • 1.1 Ecclesial Articulations of the Doctrine of Original Sin
  • 1.2 The Sex of Sin
  • 1.3 A Doctrine Crashing Down
  • 1.4 A Doctrine Resurrected
  • 1.5 John Haught's God After Darwin
  • 1.6 Raymund Schwager's Banished from Eden
  • 1.7 James Alison's The Joy of Being Wrong: Original Sin through Easter Eyes
  • 1.8 Conclusion
  • 2. Augustine on Original Sin and Sexual Difference
  • 2.1 Augustine in Context
  • 2.1.1 Augustine and Manicheanism
  • 2.1.2 Augustine and the Pelagians
  • 2.1.3 Augustine and Scripture
  • 2.1.4 Augustine and Women
  • 2.2 Theological Explanation and Development
  • 2.3 Original Sin and Augustine's Theological Priorities
  • 2.4 The Motif of Unity in Augustine's Theology
  • 2.5 Augustine on Sexual Difference and Sin
  • 2.6 Conclusion
  • 3. The Human Situation: Sin and Sexual Difference in 1960
  • 3.1 Valerie Saiving on Sex, Sin, and Love
  • 3.2 Cultural Anthropology, Sexual Difference, and 'The Human Situation'
  • 3.3 Ruth Benedict's Patterns of Culture
  • 3.4 Margaret Mead-Sex and Temperament and Male and Female
  • 3.5 Conclusion: Reception, Analysis, and Development of 'The Human Situation'
  • PART I I : CONTEMPORARY RESOURCES FOR RETHINKING THE DOCTRINE OF ORIGINAL SIN AND SEXUAL DIFFERENCE
  • 4. The Extended Evolutionary Synthesis and the New Science of Sexual Difference
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Darwin and Evolution
  • 4.3 Darwin and Sexual Difference
  • 4.4 The Extended Evolutionary Synthesis
  • 4.5 The New Science of Sexual Difference
  • 4.6 Conclusion
  • Interlude
  • 5. John Paul II, New Catholic Feminists, and the Vatican Response to 'Gender Ideology'
  • 5.1 A Theology of Sex and Sin after #MeToo
  • 5.2 John Paul II's Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body
  • 5.2.1 The Body as Biological and Sacramental Reality
  • 5.2.2 The 'Spousal' Meaning of the Body
  • 5.2.3 'Original Innocence', Nakedness, and Sexual Difference as Gift
  • 5.2.4 Original Sin, Shame, and Sexual Difference as Opposition
  • 5.2.5 The 'Threefold Concupiscence'
  • 5.2.6 The Sexually Differentiated Nature of the Fall
  • 5.2.7 The Human Call to Communion
  • 5.3 John Paul II and the New Catholic Feminists
  • 5.4 Radicalizing John Paul II's Theology of the Body and New Catholic Feminism
  • 5.4.1 The Body as Biological and Sacramental Reality
  • 5.4.2 The 'Spousal' Meaning of the Body
  • 5.4.3 'Original Innocence', Nakedness, and Sexual Difference as Gift
  • 5.4.4 Original Sin, Shame, and Sexual Difference as Opposition
  • 5.4.5 The 'Threefold Concupiscence'
  • 5.4.6 The Sexually Differentiated Nature of the Fall
  • 5.4.7 The Human Call to Communion
  • 5.5 The Vatican's 2019 Response to 'Gender Ideology'
  • 5.6 Conclusion: Theology of the Body through a New Feminist Materialist Lens
  • 6. New Feminist Materialism and a Theology of Sex and Sin after #MeToo
  • 6.1 New Feminist Materialism-General Themes
  • 6.2 Elizabeth Grosz: Darwinism, Sexual Selection, and the Limits of Materialism
  • 6.2.1 Darwin, Sexual Difference, and Sexual Selection
  • 6.2.2 The Limits of Materialism
  • 6.2.3 Conclusion
  • 6.3 Anne Fausto-Sterling: Dynamic Systems Theory and the Development of Desire
  • 6.3.1 Dynamic Systems Theory and Sex/Gender Development
  • 6.3.2 The Development of Desire
  • 6.3.3 Conclusion
  • 6.4 New Feminist Materialism as a Resource for Theologies of Sex and (Original) Sin
  • 6.4.1 Creaturely Life as Dynamic and 'In Between'
  • 6.4.2 The Centrality of Desire
  • 6.4.3 Rigorous Engagement with Scientific Discourses
  • 6.4.4 The Importance of Corporeal Practices
  • 6.4.5 Conclusion
  • 6.5 Theological Anthropology and New Feminist Materialism
  • 6.5.1 A Metaphysical Grounding for Materialism
  • 6.5.2 A Concept of Systemic, Inherited Sin
  • 6.5.3 A Value for 'Norms'
  • 6.6 Conclusion: Theology of the Body, New Feminist Materialism, and a Theology of Sex and Sin after #MeToo
  • Conclusion: Towards a Christian Feminist Materialism
  • Bibliography
  • Index.