Laura, I think you should gather all this together and write the book.
I've had the same intuitions about the iconicity of the gendered body, and other things you discuss, but didn't have the other kinds of knowledge necessary, esp in terms of the reality of Orthodoxy, to put my thoughts together so cohesively. One thing I also know: there has to be both sameness and difference in order for there to be union. This works for the Incarnate Son and humanity as it does for males and females.
In any case, I do hope you continue your work and writing. Thank you for giving your prayerful time to it.
Thank you so much for the kind words! I've been sitting on this project for over a decade at this point, and I think that's what finally made me comfortable enough to publish it here. I think if I ever do come back to writing this as a book, it will have to be after I exorcise this magical realism series that's been itching me almost as long.
I'm so glad you found it useful, though! If all it does is help more people put words to something they already know in their hearts, then I am truly grateful to God for it.
Laura, I think you should gather all this together and write the book.
I've had the same intuitions about the iconicity of the gendered body, and other things you discuss, but didn't have the other kinds of knowledge necessary, esp in terms of the reality of Orthodoxy, to put my thoughts together so cohesively. One thing I also know: there has to be both sameness and difference in order for there to be union. This works for the Incarnate Son and humanity as it does for males and females.
In any case, I do hope you continue your work and writing. Thank you for giving your prayerful time to it.
Dana
Thank you so much for the kind words! I've been sitting on this project for over a decade at this point, and I think that's what finally made me comfortable enough to publish it here. I think if I ever do come back to writing this as a book, it will have to be after I exorcise this magical realism series that's been itching me almost as long.
I'm so glad you found it useful, though! If all it does is help more people put words to something they already know in their hearts, then I am truly grateful to God for it.
Well, I hope you scratch that itch - sounds like another topic crying for sanity in today's cultural situation. Blessed Theophany-tide!
Dana