Gender – where next? by Christopher Townsend
by Christopher Townsend, Jubilee Centre:
‘Haven’t you read,’ [Jesus] replied, ‘that at the beginning the Creator “made them male and female,”…?’ Matthew 19:4
‘…the transgender revolution represents one of the most difficult pastoral challenges this generation of Christians will face.’ Dr R. Albert Mohler[1]
Summary
The issue of ‘gender identity’ has risen to prominence with remarkable speed in recent years and demands our attention. This paper begins with a brief survey of different understandings of gender, before examining, distinguishing and contrasting the medical condition gender dysphoria and aspects of transgender ideology. This sets the scene for biblical reflections on the body, sex and gender in the light of the searching questions posed by the transgender phenomenon. The paper concludes with reflections on two challenges which Christians face in a new and changing context of gender confusion.
See also:
National Geographic’s ‘Gender Revolution’: Bad argument and biased ideology, by Andrew T Walker and Denny Burk, Public Discourse
Free speech at the University of Toronto, by David Moshman. Huffington Post
Transgender kids: why doctors are right to be cautious about childhood transition, by Sarah Ditum, New Statesman
BBC’s controversial documentary on gender dysphoria, by Jesse Singal, Science of Us
Debate about gender issues, by David Robertson, theweeflea
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