num_pages: 248
description: The question of genderwho we are as men and womenhas never been more pressing or more misunderstood.Weaving personal experience with expert knowledge Dr. Abigail Favale provides an in-depth yet accessible account of the gender paradigm: a framework for understanding reality and identity that has recently risen to prominence. Favale traces the genealogy of gender to its origins in feminism and postmodern thought describing how gender has come to eclipse sex and how that shift is reshaping language law medicine sexuality and our own self-perceptions.With substance clarity and compassion Favale teases out the hidden assumptions of the gender paradigm and exposes its effects. Yet this book is not merely an exposit is also a powerful moving articulation of a Christian understanding of reality: a holistic paradigm that proclaims the dignity of the body the sacramental meaning of sexual difference and the interconnectedness of all creation. The Genesis of Gender is a vital timely resource for anyone seeking to better understand the gender paradigmand how to live beyond it.
language: English
title: The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory
publisher: Ignatius Press