TY - JOUR
T1 - Sex, gender, and intersex
T2 - anthropological, medical, and ethical critiques and proposals
AU - Lawler, Michael G.
AU - Salzman, Todd A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/9/2
Y1 - 2019/9/2
N2 - The problems of intersex have received little attention from both Catholic Magisterium and theologians. Early in 2019, the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education issued a document intended to be a pathway for a dialogue on the issue of gender in education. This essay responds to that document as a contribution to filling theological gaps in the consideration of intersex. It first explains and critiques the theological anthropology underlying the Vatican document and then analyzes and critiques Western cultural, medical approaches to intersex persons. It dialogues with the experience of intersex persons and the social sciences that document it and concludes by proposing ethical principles to guide intersex persons, their parents, and their physicians in the care and treatment of intersex.
AB - The problems of intersex have received little attention from both Catholic Magisterium and theologians. Early in 2019, the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education issued a document intended to be a pathway for a dialogue on the issue of gender in education. This essay responds to that document as a contribution to filling theological gaps in the consideration of intersex. It first explains and critiques the theological anthropology underlying the Vatican document and then analyzes and critiques Western cultural, medical approaches to intersex persons. It dialogues with the experience of intersex persons and the social sciences that document it and concludes by proposing ethical principles to guide intersex persons, their parents, and their physicians in the care and treatment of intersex.
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U2 - 10.1080/13558358.2020.1722563
DO - 10.1080/13558358.2020.1722563
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85082558373
VL - 25
SP - 205
EP - 226
JO - Theology and Sexuality
JF - Theology and Sexuality
SN - 1355-8358
IS - 3
ER -