{"product_id":"gender-essentialism-and-orthodoxy-beyond-male-and-female-hardback-9781531501525","title":"Gender Essentialism and Orthodoxy; Beyond Male and Female (Hardback) 9781531501525","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGender Essentialism and Orthodoxy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBeyond Male and Female\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBryce E. Rich (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781531501525\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 16 May 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 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\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin contemporary orthodoxy, debates over sex and gender have become increasingly polemical over the past generation. Beginning with questions around women's ordination, arguments have expanded to include feminism, sexual orientation, the sacrament of marriage, definitions of family, adoption of children, and care of transgender individuals. Preliminary responses to each of these topics are shaped by gender essentialism, the idea that male and female are ontologically fixed and incommensurate categories with different sets of characteristics and gifts for each sex. These categories, in turn, delineate gender roles in the family, the church, and society.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGender Essentialism and Orthodoxy\u003c\/i\u003e offers an immanent critique of gender essentialism in the stream of the contemporary Orthodox Church influenced by the \"Paris School\" of Russian émigré theologians and their heirs. It uses an interdisciplinary approach to bring into conversation patristic reflections on sex and gender, personalist theological anthropology, insights from gender and queer theory, and modern biological understandings of human sexual differentiation. Though these are seemingly unrelated discourses,\u003ci\u003e Gender Essentialism and Orthodoxy\u003c\/i\u003e reveals unexpected points of convergence, as each line of thought eschews a strict gender binary in favor of more open-ended possibilities.\u003cbr\u003e The study concludes by drawing out some theological implications of the preceding findings as they relate to the ordination of women to the priesthood, same-sex unions and sacramental understandings of marriage, definitions of family, and pastoral care for intersex, transgender, and nonbinary parishioners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003c\/i\u003e   vii\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePART I\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e1 \u003c\/b\u003eSetting the Stage   3\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e2 \u003c\/b\u003e(No) Male and Female: Recapitulating Patristic Reflections on Gender   18\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e3 \u003c\/b\u003eGender Essentialism in Contemporary Orthodox Thought   56\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e4 \u003c\/b\u003ePerson, Gender, Sex, Sexuality   92\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePART II\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e5 \u003c\/b\u003eWomen and the Priesthood   123\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e6 \u003c\/b\u003eHomosexuality   135\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e7 \u003c\/b\u003eMarriage: The Sacrament of Love   145\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e8 \u003c\/b\u003eSome Final Thoughts on Pastoral Care   164\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eConclusion \u003c\/b\u003e  177\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNotes \u003c\/i\u003e  181\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBibliography \u003c\/i\u003e  233\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex \u003c\/i\u003e  255\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52619263344920,"sku":"9781531501525","price":81.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/gender-essentialism-and-orthodoxy-beyond-male-and-female-hardback-9781531501525","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}