van Klinken, AS and Smit, PB (2013) Jesus Traditions and Masculinities in World Christianity. Exchange: Journal of Missiological and Ecumenical Research, 42 (1). 1 - 15 (15). ISSN 0166-2740
Abstract
This opening article offers an introduction to the theme of this special issue of Exchange: Jesus traditions and masculinities in world Christianity. Highlighting the historical trajectory of feminist theological debates on the maleness of Jesus Christ and its implications for configurations of gender (read: the position of women) in Christian traditions, the article particularly explores two recent developments: first, the critical discussion in academic, theological and ecumenical circles of men and masculinities in contemporary Christian contexts, and second, the growing body of scholarship on the masculinity (or better, masculinities) of Jesus Christ in the New Testament in relation to masculinities in the early Christian era. Building on these debates and this scholarship, the article identifies a new and critical field of inquiry that explores the complex and productive relationships between the ambiguous and unstable masculinity/ies of Jesus Christ and the multiple and changing masculinities that are found today in the local contexts of an increasingly diverse global Christianity.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | New Testament, masculinities, gender, world Christianity, Jesus Christ, Christology |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) > School of Philosophy (Leeds) > Division of the History and Philosophy of Science (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 13 Mar 2013 10:27 |
Last Modified: | 24 Oct 2016 16:47 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1572543X-12341247 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Brill |
Identification Number: | 10.1163/1572543X-12341247 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:75172 |