Open AccessTelling stories about intersex and Christianity: Saying too much or not saying enough?
Author(s) -
Susannah Cornwall
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
theology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.12
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 2044-2696
pISSN - 0040-571X
DOI - 10.1177/0040571x13510228
Subject(s) - narrative , human sexuality , legitimacy , relevance (law) , christianity , gender studies , sociology , theology , literature , philosophy , political science , law , art , politics
Copyright © 2014 by Society for Promoting Christian KnowledgeIntersex conditions (those where an individualâ\u80\u99s body cannot be classified as male or female) have received little attention in theological or church circles. This paper draws on empirical research with ten intersex Christians, suggesting that their stories are of relevance to broader theological discourse about sex, gender and sexuality. In a narrative theological framework, stories constitute and reinforce world-views. Christian communities which invest only clearly male or clearly female bodies with legitimacy and cosmic significance risk eliding other types of body-story
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