IMAGE AND IMAGO: A RATIONAL DEFENSE OF A THEOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY OF GENDER Cover Image

IMAGE AND IMAGO: A RATIONAL DEFENSE OF A THEOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY OF GENDER
IMAGE AND IMAGO: A RATIONAL DEFENSE OF A THEOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY OF GENDER

Author(s): Christopher P. Klofft
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: International Étienne Gilson Society
Keywords: gender; anthropology; John Paul II; theology of the body; sexuality; common sense;

Summary/Abstract: Modern and Post-Modern discourse espouses a subjective understanding of gender. As a result, confusing new problems erupt in discussions as practical as marriage and as theoretical as questions of human meaning and purpose. Catholic theology, drawing primarily from the personalistic approach to gender contained in Pope John Paul II’s Theology of the Body, provides a consistent account of gender that is also compatible with the best evidence available in support of a purely rational approach. A defense of this approach could lead to a better understanding of ourselves and our relationships, to the betterment of culture as a whole.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 3 (suppl.)
  • Page Range: 523-535
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English