Un/familiar Theology by Susannah Cornwall

Un/familiar Theology by Susannah Cornwall

Through engagement with theologies of adoption, pro-natalism, marriage, and queer theology, Susannah Cornwall figures developments in models of marriage and family not as distortions of or divergences from the divinely-ordained blueprint, but as developments already of a piece with these institution’s being.

Much Christian theological discussion of family, sex and marriage seems to claim that they are (or should be) unchanging and immaculate; that to celebrate their shifting and developing natures is to reject them as good gifts of God. However models of marriage, family, parenting and reproduction have changed and are still, in some cases radically, changing. These changes are not all a raging tide to be turned back, but in continuity with goods deeply embedded in the tradition. Alternative forms of marriage and family stand as signs of the hope of the possibility of change. Changed institutions, such as same-sex marriage, are new beginnings with the potential to be fruitful and generative in their own right. In them, humans create new imaginaries which more fully acknowledge the interactive nature of our relationships with the world and the divine.

Cornwall's prolific writing is always fresh and innovative, weaving together classical and contemporary theology with contemporary thought and social practiceHer latest book does not disappoint. Her approach to marriage, same-sex families, adoption, even polyamory (and more) is a tour de force, achieving in her writing what she advocates for Christian traditions more generally - that they are dynamic; and that they must negotiate continuity with change, and identity with difference. Her analysis of 'generativity', whether in 'un/familiar' family forms, or within the theological tradition as it generates new thinking, is timely and convincing, and will also generate much appreciation among her readers. * Adrian Thatcher, University of Exeter, UK *

Susannah Cornwall is Advanced Research Fellow in Theology and Religion at the University of Exeter, UK.

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ISBN 13	9780567685841
ISBN 10	0567685845
Title	Un/familiar Theology
Author	Susannah Cornwall
Series	Rethinking Theologies: Constructing Alternatives In History And Doctrine
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2018-12-27
Number of pages	224
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