Gender and Metaphysics: Judith Butler and Bernard Lonergan in Conversation
There has long been a mutual distrust between gender theory and Catholic metaphysics. However, this article argues that at least one significant figure in gender studies, Judith Butler, has been broadly misunderstood by many Catholic thinkers. Bringing Butler into dialogue with Bernard Lonergan, thi...
| Published in: | Theological studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
[2020]
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| In: |
Theological studies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Butler, Judith 1956-
/ Gender studies
/ Lonergan, Bernard J. F. 1904-1984
/ Metaphysics
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| RelBib Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDB Roman Catholic Church NBE Anthropology VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Bernard Lonergan
B Judith Butler B Gender Studies B Metaphysics B Method |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | There has long been a mutual distrust between gender theory and Catholic metaphysics. However, this article argues that at least one significant figure in gender studies, Judith Butler, has been broadly misunderstood by many Catholic thinkers. Bringing Butler into dialogue with Bernard Lonergan, this article proposes to show (1) that Butler's critiques reveal certain influential strands of Catholic theology as metaphysically untenable, (2) that Lonergan's metaphysics evades Butler's critiques, and (3) that there is a complementarity between Butler and Lonergan's approaches and their aims. The final section of the article offers some foundational principles from Lonergan's metaphysics for framing ongoing dialogue. |
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| ISSN: | 2169-1304 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0040563920904069 |