Grace Beyond Nature? Beyond Embodiment as Essentialism
A Christological Critique
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14948542 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brandy Daniels (0000-0002-8418-4235, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 245-259 |
| Publication date | 2016-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Feminist Theology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0966-7350 • E-ISSN: 1745-5189 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0966735015627972 |
| OpenAlex | W2313096022 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
This essay explores the relationship between nature and grace and the theological impact of this relationship on feminist anthropological debates. Engaging this debate through an examination and critique of Serene Jones’ ‘eschatological essentialism’, this essay suggests that Jones mistakenly characterizes constructivism, and thus turns too quickly to an essentialist paradigm without considering its risks. Using Judith Butler and Karl Barth, this essay proposes an account of identity that the author calls a ‘Christological constructivism’. Suggesting that the person and work of Christ instantiates a grace that disrupts nature, Daniels argues for an account of identity as ‘more-than’, suggesting that this anthropology engenders healing for women, and men, within communities religious and otherwise
Aesthetics · Epistemology · Essentialism · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Environmental Philosophy and Ethics · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |