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Intersex, theology, and the Bible : troubling bodies in church, text, and society / edited by Susannah Cornwall.

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New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Sex -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.

Intersexuality.

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http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1508/2015001184-t.html

Electronic Resource

http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1508/2015001184-b.html

Electronic Resource

http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1508/2015001184-d.html

9781137366153 (hardback)

113736615X (hardback)

x, 241 pages ; 22 cm

Introduction. Troubling bodies? / Susannah Cornwall -- Part I. Biblical approaches. Who are you calling a eunuch?! : staging conversations and connections between feminist and queer biblical studies for intersex advocacy / Joseph Marchal -- Virtuous eunuchs : troubling conservative and queer readings of intersex and the Bible / Megan K. DeFranza -- Hermaphrodites, eunuchs, and intersex people : the witness of medical science in biblical times and today / John Hare -- Part II. Pastoral and practical approaches. A pastoral theological reading of Middlesex / Nathan Carlin -- Intersex and the role of religion on the path to health and well-being / Stephen Craig Kerry -- Part III. Theological approaches. Laws "needefull in later to be abrogated" : intersex and the sources of Christian theology / Susannah Cornwall -- Intersex on earth as it is in heaven / Patricia Beattie Jung -- Afterword / John Hare.

"Intersex bodies have been figured as troubling by doctors, parents, religious institutions and society at large. In this book, scholars draw on constructive and pastoral theologies, biblical studies, and sociology, suggesting intersex's capacity to "trouble" is positive, challenging unquestioned norms and dubious assumptions in religion and beyond"--

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