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‘But Do Not Use The Rotted Names’:[Note 1. Wallace Stevens, ‘The Man with the Blue Guitar’ in ...] Theological Adequacy and Homosexuality
Author(s) -
Seubert Xavier John
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
the heythrop journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.127
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 1468-2265
pISSN - 0018-1196
DOI - 10.1111/1468-2265.00095
Subject(s) - dignity , homosexuality , perspective (graphical) , moral theology , epistemology , philosophy , sociology , theology , gender studies , law , art , political science , visual arts
The Christian evaluation of homosexuality is based primarily on a model which can view homosexuality only as aberrational. From a Christian theological point of view this model articulates an inadequate vision of the dignity of human being. In its deliberations on the process of church, Vatican Council II implicitly developed a relational‐progressive model for understanding the salvific engagement of the complete gift of Godlife and creation. This model, in turn, provides a new basis for understanding human dignity and evaluating homosexuality. Viewed from this perspective homosexuality is able to be considered a sacramental embodiment of Godlife.