Un homme, une femme et Dieu
de Philippe Lefebvre , Viviane de Montalembert
Collection Épiphanie
480 pages - juin 2007
22,00€
Un homme et une femme explorent, Bible en main, les questions posées par l'identité sexuée. Dans ce débat, la Bible a elle aussi son mot à dire. L'identité sexuée est appréhendée ici comme une aventure de la chair avec Dieu, elle ne peut se penser sans Dieu. Ainsi un homme et une femme ne sont-ils pas définis l'un par rapport à l'autre, ni dans la répartition sociale ou domestique des tâches, mais dans la détermination de chacun d'eux à collaborer à l'œuvre de Dieu qu'on nomme « Incarnation ». Il ne s'agit pas de croyance ni de religion, mais d'une disposition intime et personnelle, une ouverture à Autre qui d'abord est Dieu. Cette disposition d'un homme et d'une femme, chacun tourné vers Dieu, n'est pas sans incidence sur l'expression psychologique de leur identité sexuée. Leurs émotions, leurs désirs et leurs qualités se lisent à cette lumière. La Bible arrache l'identité sexuée à l'univers trop étroit des définitions biologiques, psychologiques ou socioculturelles pour l'enraciner dans le terreau beaucoup plus mystérieux d'une destinée personnelle. L'individu humain n'atteint que progressivement sa pleine stature d'homme ou de femme. Sa silhouette se dessine au fil d'une histoire que personne, pas même lui ou elle, ne peut anticiper. C'est là que les identités d'homme et de femme parviennent à leur dimension théologique proprement trinitaire, tournées l'une et l'autre vers le Père, dans le Fils et par l'Esprit. Ce livre aborde quelques récits bibliques plus ou moins connus, parfois controversés, tels que les récits de création, le sacrifice d'Isaac, le Cantique des cantiques, la rencontre de Jésus avec la Samaritaine ou la lettre de Paul aux Éphésiens. Les auteurs éclairent ces textes d'un commentaire nouveau et personnel enrichi de leur lecture conjointe. Ils élaborent ainsi une véritable théologie de l'identité sexuée.
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A man and a woman, Bible in hand, explore the questions posed by sexual identity. In this debate, the Bible too has something to say. Sexual identity is perceived here as a carnal adventure with God, it cannot be thought without God. Thus a man and a woman are not defined by their relation to each other, nor by the social or domestic repartition of tasks, but by the determination of each one to collaborate in the work of God which we call ‘Incarnation’. It is not a question of belief or religion, but of an intimate and personal frame of mind, an openness to Otherness which is first and foremost God. This disposition of a man and a woman, each turned towards God, has an impact on the psychological expression of their sexual identity. Their feelings, desires and qualities are read in this light. The Bible uproots sexual identity from the constricting world of biological, psychological or socio-cultural definitions and fixes its roots in the more mysterious soil of personal destiny. It is only gradually that human individuals achieve their full stature as men or women. A human figure takes shape in the course of a story which no-one, neither he nor she, can anticipate. It is at this point that their identities as man and woman achieve their truly Trinitarian theological dimension, with each of them turned towards the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. This book refers to some reasonably familiar, sometimes controversial, Biblical stories, such as the Creation, the Sacrifice of Isaac, the Song of Songs, Jesus and the Woman of Samaria and Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians. The authors shed light on these texts with a new and personal commentary, enriched by their joint reading. By this means, they have elaborated a veritable theology of sexual identity.
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A man and a woman, Bible in hand, explore the questions posed by sexual identity. In this debate, the Bible too has something to say. Sexual identity is perceived here as a carnal adventure with God, it cannot be thought without God. Thus a man and a woman are not defined by their relation to each other, nor by the social or domestic repartition of tasks, but by the determination of each one to collaborate in the work of God which we call ‘Incarnation’. It is not a question of belief or religion, but of an intimate and personal frame of mind, an openness to Otherness which is first and foremost God. This disposition of a man and a woman, each turned towards God, has an impact on the psychological expression of their sexual identity. Their feelings, desires and qualities are read in this light. The Bible uproots sexual identity from the constricting world of biological, psychological or socio-cultural definitions and fixes its roots in the more mysterious soil of personal destiny. It is only gradually that human individuals achieve their full stature as men or women. A human figure takes shape in the course of a story which no-one, neither he nor she, can anticipate. It is at this point that their identities as man and woman achieve their truly Trinitarian theological dimension, with each of them turned towards the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. This book refers to some reasonably familiar, sometimes controversial, Biblical stories, such as the Creation, the Sacrifice of Isaac, the Song of Songs, Jesus and the Woman of Samaria and Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians. The authors shed light on these texts with a new and personal commentary, enriched by their joint reading. By this means, they have elaborated a veritable theology of sexual identity.
- Dimensions : 135x195x25
- ISBN : 9782204074636
- Poids : 440 grammes
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