JOURNAL ARTICLE

Inhabiting Adamancy: Contributions Toward a Queer Feminist Theology.

  • Published In: Feminist Theology: The Journal of the Britain & Ireland School of Feminist Theology, 2024, v. 32, n. 3. P. 270 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Contreras, Mercedes Aguilar 3 of 3

Abstract

This article examines how the biblical myth of creation in Genesis functions as a historical technology of power that has shaped cis-heteropatriarchal theological frameworks, marginalizing sex–gender diverse bodies and queer feminist theologies. It argues that classical theologies, rooted in patriarchal and colonial interpretations, use the myth of origin to construct binary gender oppositions and legitimize unequal power relations over bodies, sexuality, and identity. Queer feminist theology challenges these frameworks by recovering subaltern voices, emphasizing the materiality and diversity of bodies (the original 'adamah), and proposing a queer hermeneutic that resists normative gender and sexual categories. The article highlights the need to demystify the myth of origin and reclaim a theology connected to nature and a "strange" or queer God, fostering liberation from historical mechanisms of control embedded in religious and social institutions.

Additional Information

  • Source:Feminist Theology: The Journal of the Britain & Ireland School of Feminist Theology. 2024/05, Vol. 32, Issue 3, p270
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Women's Studies and Feminism
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:0966-7350
  • DOI:10.1177/09667350241233570
  • Accession Number:176694282
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