Do I Participate in the Discourse of Respectability? Reflecting upon Histories of Female Homoeroticism and Enslavement
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 21453362 |
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| Autores | Bernadette J Brooten (Bernadette J. Brooten, Ph.D., Dr. Theol., h.c. (Bern), Robert and Myra Kraft and Jacob Hiatt Professor emerita, Brandeis University, directs the Feminist Sexual Ethics Project (). She researches enslaved and slaveholding women in early Christianity, female homo-erotic desire, and texts on female-female marriage in the Roman world. Her email is: ., autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2024 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Fascículo | 3 |
| Páginas | 168-176 |
| Data de publicação | 2024-08-01 |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Biblical Theology Bulletin Journal of Bible and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0146-1079 • E-ISSN: 1945-7596 |
| Editora | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/01461079241274131 |
| OpenAlex | W4402067299 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 1 |
| Referências citadas | 18 |
My research challenges and participates in discourses of respectability, focusing on female homoerotic desires, the intertwining of religiously endorsed enslavement with sexual violence, and the intersection of race, ethnicity, and religion with sexual violence. I argue for the freedom of academic writing to present evidence-based conclusions and personal insights, drawing on contemporary figures like Sudanese anti-slavery activist Mende Nazer. Respecting biblical texts involves differentiating between plausible historical readings and personal ethical views. Misreadings of biblical passages are common, but interpretations such as that Rom 1:26–27 condemns same-gender relations or that Col 3:22 condones enslavement are not among them. The early Christian groups rejecting slavery were labeled heretics, prolonging slavery’s existence. A hard, critical examination of where things went wrong both within the Bible and beyond may help to prevent future Christians from supporting new forms of slavery. I hope that my feminist intersectional interpretations are compatible with the womanist biblical interpretation and ethics that are central to all future research on these topics
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| Citações por ano | 0,5 |
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| Intervalo de citações | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
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