Sustainable Masculinity in Ecumenical Perspective. The Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace

Smit, Peter-Ben (2019). Sustainable Masculinity in Ecumenical Perspective. The Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace. Ecumenical Review, 71(1-2), pp. 84-100. World Council of Churches 10.1111/erev.12411

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Gender is an important topic of the WCC's Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace. It is the result of both theological anthropological concerns and the ongoing search for justice and peace. In other words, it is a typical area where traditional Faith and Order and Life and Work concerns coincide. Yet, gender is often taken to mean concerns of the role, rights, and treatment of women primarily, with some attention to the position and treatment of transgender persons and sexual minorities. This article argues that, precisely from the point of view of these ecumenical theological concerns, attention for masculinity as a gender is also required. The reason for this is that although many different forms of masculinity are supported with an appeal to the Christian tradition, not all forms of masculinity are compatible with a desire for safeguarding human dignity and a sustainable journey into the future.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

01 Faculty of Theology > Institute of Old Catholic Theology
01 Faculty of Theology > Institute of Old Catholic Theology > Systematic Theology, Ecumenical Theology, Practical Theology

UniBE Contributor:

Smit, Peter Bernard

Subjects:

200 Religion > 220 The Bible
200 Religion > 230 Christianity & Christian theology

ISSN:

0013-0796

Publisher:

World Council of Churches

Language:

English

Submitter:

Peter Bernard Smit

Date Deposited:

11 Mar 2020 09:09

Last Modified:

02 Mar 2023 23:33

Publisher DOI:

10.1111/erev.12411

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.141081

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/141081

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