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Lofgren, Mary Elizabeth Zagrobelny.

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John Paul II's Theological Anthropology and the Intersexual Body.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	John Paul II's Theological Anthropology and the Intersexual Body./
Author:	Lofgren, Mary Elizabeth Zagrobelny.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2020,
Description:	293 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-12, Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International81-12B.
Subject:	Theology. -
Online resource:	https://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=27837838
ISBN:	9798645474744

John Paul II's Theological Anthropology and the Intersexual Body.
Lofgren, Mary Elizabeth Zagrobelny.

John Paul II's Theological Anthropology and the Intersexual Body. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2020 - 293 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-12, Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Catholic University of America, 2020.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

Recently, intersexuality has emerged as a challenge to gender-binary theological anthropologies. I argue, using John Paul II's anthropology, that this challenge fails.I first consider the biological, psychological, and theological literature on intersexuality, focusing especially on the anthropological challenges of Susannah Cornwall and Megan DeFranza. Next, I offer an overview of John Paul II's theology of the body, identifying important concepts for my arguments: original solitude, the spousal meaning of the body, the body as sign and sacrament, and the language of the body.The spousal meaning of the body is key to John Paul II's anthropology; it is a constitutive part of being human. I argue that intersexual bodies, despite their ambiguity, have a spousal meaning although it is obscured. I then engage with John Paul II's critics to demonstrate that an emphasis on the spousal meaning of the body does not invalidate the pope's anthropology.Next, I turn to original solitude, arguing that John Paul II attributes meaning to the human body that is not dependent on sexual difference. The body manifests the person in solitude, where the first man learns from his body that he is relational. The relationality of human persons is fundamental to the image of God and undergirds the image of God found in communion. Intersexual bodies share human nature and thus experience the bodily call to relationship.Finally, I argue that John Paul II's eschatology involves a transformation of humankind based on union with God that fulfills the semiotic value of the body. The sign gives way to the mystery: the person fully realized as self-gift. Because the mystery does not depend on the sign, this vision includes intersexual bodies. Relatedly, I argue that celibacy or marriage for persons with intersexual conditions depends on case-by-case considerations. As a result, I call for the development of a theology of single life.I conclude that John Paul II's theological anthropology provides a vision of humanity that can include intersex people. This vision answers the "frequency dilemma", by learning from male and female bodies while respecting the humanity of people with ambiguous bodies.

ISBN: 9798645474744Subjects--Topical Terms:

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