Episode 6 - Brian Patrick Mitchell/The Greek and Hebrew Roots of Christian Thinking on Male and Female

In this episode, we discuss Origen’s Revenge: The Greek and Hebrew Roots of Christian Thinking on Male and Female by Brian Patrick Mitchell.

Mitchell examines the two streams of tradition from ancient communities that inform contemporary Christian thought on sexual difference: Greek and Hebrew (anti-sexual and pro-sexual, respectively). We also talk about Trinitarian theology and the problem with the gap between neat theories of ‘what women are like’ or ‘how men and women relate’ and the reality of individuals and their unique relationships.

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We mention an episode about Abigail Favale’s book on gender, which episode is forthcoming.