Gender as Love: A Theological Account of Human Identity, Embodied Desire, and Our Social Worlds

by Fellipe do Vale

Publisher:

Baker Academic

, 2023

Overview

In recent years, the issue of gender has become a topic of great importance and has generated discussion from the kitchen table to the academy. It is an issue that churches and Christian educational institutions are grappling with as well, since gender is a crucial aspect of identity, affecting how we engage socially and understand our embodiment. Upstream from all these conversations lies a more basic question: What is gender?

In Gender as Love, Fellipe do Vale takes a theological approach to understanding gender, employing both biblical exegesis and historical theology and emphasizing the role human love plays in shaping our identities. He engages with and explains current theories and debates, but his approach is unique in that it avoids the present impasse between socialconstructionist and essentialist paradigms. His emphasis is on love as identity-forming.

This fresh, holistic approach makes an important contribution to the literature and will benefit scholars and students alike. Foreword by Beth Felker Jones.

Key Features

• Offers a fresh theological assessment of gender
• Provides a holistic understanding of human beings and their desires, joining together cultural elements and embodiment
• Employs both biblical exegesis and historical theology and emphasizing the role human love plays in shaping our identities

Product Details

• Title: Gender as Love: A Theological Account of Human Identity, Embodied Desire, and Our Social Worlds
• Author: Fellipe do Vale
• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Print Publication Date: 2023
• Logos Release Date: 2023
• Pages: 259
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Gender identity; Group identity
• ISBNs: 9781540966971, 1540966976
• Resource ID: LLS:GNDRSLVSCLWRLDS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-11-21T18:26:10Z

About Fellipe do Vale

Fellipe do Vale (PhD, Southern Methodist University) is assistant professor of biblical and systematic theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. He specializes in the juncture where theological anthropology and moral theology meet and has published widely on gender, ethics, and systematic theology. He lives in the Chicago area with his family.