عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
LA126420
LANGUAGE OF THE ITEM
.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc
انگلیسی
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Androgyny and Early Christianity
General Material Designation
[Article]
First Statement of Responsibility
Johannes Vorster
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Leiden
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Brill
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
The fusion of two sexes into one body has often been interpreted as symbolising humankind's yearning for unity, harmony and equality. Studies of early Christianity have 'discovered' in the imagery of the androgynous being a possibility for resisting the prevailing phallocratic Graeco-Roman culture, thereby portraying the first steps toward an egalitarian community. This article contests this 'discovery' and it is argued that the imagery of androgyny represents not a harmonious utopian future, but rather a discordant, chaotic present. As a matter of fact, the imagery of the androgyny represents phallogocentric discourses, using the notion of the deformed male body as strategy for its maintenance and reproduction. The fusion of two sexes into one body has often been interpreted as symbolising humankind's yearning for unity, harmony and equality. Studies of early Christianity have 'discovered' in the imagery of the androgynous being a possibility for resisting the prevailing phallocratic Graeco-Roman culture, thereby portraying the first steps toward an egalitarian community. This article contests this 'discovery' and it is argued that the imagery of androgyny represents not a harmonious utopian future, but rather a discordant, chaotic present. As a matter of fact, the imagery of the androgyny represents phallogocentric discourses, using the notion of the deformed male body as strategy for its maintenance and reproduction.
SET
Date of Publication
2008
Physical description
97-132
Title
Religion and Theology
Volume Number
15/1-2
International Standard Serial Number
1574-3012
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
ANDROGYNY
Subject Term
DUAL SEXUALITY
Subject Term
EARLY CHRISTIAN EGALITARIANISM
Subject Term
EARLY CHRISTIAN GNOSTICISM
Subject Term
HERMAPHRODITISM
Subject Term
PHALLOGOCENTRIC DISCOURSE
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Johannes Vorster
LOCATION AND CALL NUMBER
Call Number
10.1163/157430108X308172
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Electronic name
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[Article]
275578
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