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Transsexuality: Reconciling Christianity and Science
- Toronto Journal of Theology
- University of Toronto Press
- Volume 27, Number 1, Spring 2011
- pp. 51-72
- 10.1353/tjt.2011.0007
- Article
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Furthering the dialogue with J. Wentzel van Huyssteen over his way of reconciling Christianity and science while reflecting on human uniqueness, I offer a philosophical analysis of the phenomenon of transsexuality. The focus of my analysis is the implications of transsexuality for the metaphysics of reductive naturalism. Envisioning a pluralistic ontology of the sexed human body, I propose to account for human sexuality within the general framework of normative pragmatism. The context of my reflections is a theology of sexual diversity, which I believe van Huyssteen has good reasons to endorse.