{"product_id":"constructive-theology-and-gender-variance-transformative-creatures-paperback-softback-9781108791915","title":"Constructive Theology and Gender Variance; Transformative Creatures (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108791915","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eConstructive Theology and Gender Variance\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTransformative Creatures\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReframes gender variance and transition in positive, non-oppositional terms, informed by Christian constructive theologies of creation and personhood.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSusannah Cornwall (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108791915, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 February 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e432 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.4 cm, 0.597 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSome Christians are anxious and uncomfortable about gender diversity and transition. Sometimes, they understand these issues as a rejection of God's intention for creation. Gender diversity has also been assumed to entail self-deception, mental ill-health, and dysphoria. Yet, humans are inherently transformative creatures with a vocation to shape their own worlds and traditions. Transformative creaturely theology recognizes the capacity of gender to shape humans even as we also question it. In this book, Susannah Cornwall reframes the issues of gender diversity and transition in constructive Christian theological terms. Resisting deficit-based discourses, she presents gender diversity in a way that is positive and non-oppositional. Her volume explores questions of the licit limits of technological interventions for human bodies, how gender diversity maps onto understandings of health, and the ethics of disclosure of gender diversity. It also brings these topics into critical conversation with constructive Christian theologies of creation, theological anthropology, Christology, and eschatology.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Setting the Scene: 1. Introduction: transformative creatures\u003cbr\u003e 2. Detransition, impermanence, and the innocence of changing one's mind\u003cbr\u003e 3. Existing Christian theological responses to transition: being transformed\/being, transformed\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Telling Truths: 4. Autonomy and trans people: authenticity, responsibility, recognition\u003cbr\u003e 5. Gender transition, truth-telling and artifice\u003cbr\u003e 6. Self-protection or 'gender fraud'? Ethics and the burden of disclosure\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Limits, Technology, and Health: 7. Technological interventions and licit limits: on the alteration and augmentation of bodies\u003cbr\u003e 8. Trans people, health, and diversities of order\u003cbr\u003e 9. Fertility, generativity, and gender theology in the operative mood\u003cbr\u003e 10. Transforming humanity: gender, race, and animality\u003cbr\u003e 11. In Christ, everything has changed: Christology and creation\u003cbr\u003e 12. Transformative creatures reprised: theological anthropology and eschatology.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Gender studies: transsexuals \u0026amp; hermaphroditism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Gender studies: transsexuals \u0026amp; hermaphroditism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Gender%20studies:%20transsexuals%20\u0026amp;%20hermaphroditism%20%5BJFSJ5%5D%22\"\u003eJFSJ5\u003c\/a\u003e], Religious aspects of sexuality, gender \u0026amp; relationships [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Religious aspects of sexuality, gender \u0026amp; relationships\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Religious%20aspects%20of%20sexuality,%20gender%20\u0026amp;%20relationships%20%5BHRLM7%5D%22\"\u003eHRLM7\u003c\/a\u003e], Christian aspects of sexuality, gender \u0026amp; relationships [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Christian aspects of sexuality, gender \u0026amp; relationships\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Christian%20aspects%20of%20sexuality,%20gender%20\u0026amp;%20relationships%20%5BHRCV4%5D%22\"\u003eHRCV4\u003c\/a\u003e], Christian theology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Christian theology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Christian%20theology%20%5BHRCM%5D%22\"\u003eHRCM\u003c\/a\u003e], Religion \u0026amp; politics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Religion \u0026amp; politics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Religion%20\u0026amp;%20politics%20%5BHRAM2%5D%22\"\u003eHRAM2\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52470092366104,"sku":"9781108791915","price":24.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781108791915i.jpg?v=1785632730","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/constructive-theology-and-gender-variance-transformative-creatures-paperback-softback-9781108791915","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}