Beyond a Binary God
Author | : Tara K. Soughers |
Publisher | : Church Publishing, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 129 |
Release | : 2018-03-17 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780898690224 |
ISBN-13 | : 0898690226 |
Rating | : 4/5 (226 Downloads) |
Download or read book Beyond a Binary God written by Tara K. Soughers and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-03-17 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All are made in the image and likeness of God. If this is what we believe, then trans people, like all people, reflect something of God, and not just in the ways that they share in common with others, but also in the ways that they are different. They remind us that God is beyond all of our categories, even gender. In this book, Tara Soughers explores theology from the position of a trans ally—a parent of a trans young adult as well as priest. What does it mean about God and about humans, that there is not a strict gender binary? How can we affirm and include what we have learned about the permeability of boundaries to affirm those whose path does not follow traditional cultural stereotypes, and how might the broadening help us to understand the God who is never two for Christians, but both one and three? What gifts does this broader understanding bring to the church?