Dr. Brian Bantum wrote a recent article in an effort to address key questions of the body discussed in Judith Butler’s book, Bodies that Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex: “Why do our bodies matter?” More specifically, “How do our bodied lives respond to encounters with God’s initiative?”
From an explicitly theological point of view, Dr. Bantum’s article, “Here Am I: Moses and the Meaning of our Bodies,” focuses on “the account of Moses to consider liberation and human response.” Readers may wonder, why choose Moses? “Moses’ life signifies both God’s recognition of Israel as children of God and God’s desire that these people be free. Apart from Abraham and Sarah, it could be argued that there are fewer individuals more significant in Israel’s life and self-understanding.”
Dr. Bantum’s article was featured in “Ex Auditu’s” An International Journal of Theological Interpretation of Scripture, Volume 30. “Ex Auditu began as the journal incorporating the papers of the Fredrick Neumann Symposium of Princeton Theological Seminary. After the first four volumes the journal began publishing the papers from the North Park Symposium on the Theological Interpretation of Scripture. The intent from the first has been to provide a forum for doing interdisciplinary theology from a biblical perspective for the benefit of the Church. Each annual publication focuses on a topic crucial to the life of today's Church.” – Ex Auditu
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Posted: Thursday, May 21, 2015