Envisioning the Cosmic Body of Christ - 9780367356088

Taylor & Francis

Envisioning the Cosmic Body of ChristEmbodiment, Plurality and Incarnation\nAuthor(s): Aurica Jax, Saskia Wendel\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367356088, 978-0367356088\nSynopsis\nThe metaphor of the cosmos as the Body of Christ offers an opportunity to escape the aporias of standard Body of Christ imagery, which has often proved anthropocentric, exclusivist, triumphalist and/or sexist in the analyses of classical theologies. The body motif in particular contains starting points for current body discourses of gender-sensitive and ecological theologies, especially in their mutual overlaps. This book offers a critical evaluation of the prospects and boundaries of an updated metaphor of the Body of Christ, especially in its cosmic dimension. \n\nThe first part of the book addresses the complex tradition in which the universal dimension of cosmological Christologies is located, including the thinking of the Apostl.