Orienting Deification: Queer Bodies and the Manifold Works of God

by Maria Gwyn McDowell

Contemporary Eastern Orthodox discussion of sexuality and embodiment generally assumes a static, binary gendered essentialism. Opponents of female ordination, same-sex relationships, and the legitimacy of transgender persons generally define appropriate roles and relationships according to binary essentialism.

Maria Gwyn McDowell

Baptized and raised in the Eastern Orthodox Church until she met her wife, the Rev. Maria Gwyn McDowell is a priest in the Episcopal Church. She writes in the areas of liberation ethics, gender, sexuality, and the ordination of women to the priesthood in Eastern Orthodoxy. Her work is available at mariagwyn.com. She lives and works in Portland, Oregon.

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