Menstrual Blood
An icon of the kenotic atonement of Christ— A Better Way with Better Blood
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22274346 |
|---|---|
| Authors | L Meier (0000-0002-1385-4908, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Pages | 39-61 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The kenarchy journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2976-6001 • E-ISSN: 2976-6001 |
| Publisher | Mitchell Ministries (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.62950/vukp63 |
| OpenAlex | W4394984008 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
For centuries, theologians have sought to understand the meaning and significance of Christ’s death. However, the current motifs and interpretations of the atonement have constrained Christology by situating Christ within a paradigm of domination and subordination. I propose that the “inferior” porous and excessively moist female body—as presumed by Greco-Roman classicists and early Christian writers—expresses the unboundaried, mutual, self-giving relationality within the Godhead. Christ’s blood, represented by menstrual blood, reveals divine love as “for” the empowerment and flourishing of others, bringing reconciliation to divine-human relationality, invoking the remembering of menstruating bodies, and supporting the healing of human-other relationships. Menstruation is an embodied icon of the kenotic atonement of Christ
Aesthetics · Art · Atonement · Christology · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Flourishing · Icon · Literature · Theology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Philosophy · Psychology · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices · Social Psychology · Theological Perspectives and Practices
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |