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BLOOD THEOLOGY The unsettling language of blood has been invoked throughout the history of Christianity.Butuntilnowtherehasbeennotrulysustainedtreatmentofhow Christiansusebloodtothinkwith.EugeneF.Rogers,Jr.discussesinhismuch- anticipated new book the sheer, surprising strangenessof Christian blood-talk, exploring the many and varied ways in which it offers a language where Christians cooperate, sacrifice, grow, and disagree. He asks too how it is that blood-talkdominateswhenotherexplanationswoulddo,andhowbloodseeps intoplaceswhereitseemshardlytobelong.Reachingbeyondacademicdisputes to consider how religious debates fuel civil ones, he shows that it is not only theologians or clergy who engage in blood-talk, but also lawmakers, judges, generals, doctors, and voters at large. Religious arguments have significant societal consequences, Rogers contends; and for that reason secular citizens mustdotheirbesttounderstandthem. EugeneF.Rogers,Jr.isProfessorofReligiousStudiesandofWomen’s,Gender, andSexualityStudiesattheUniversityofNorthCarolinaatGreensboro.Heis the author of six books, including Aquinas and the Supreme Court (2013) and SexualityandtheChristianBody(2003),whichwasnamed“essentialreading”by TheChristianCenturyamongbookspublishedinthepast25years.Hisnextbook is Elements of Christian Thought (2021). His next book is Elements of Christian Thought(2021). Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Universitaetsbibliothek Leipzig, on 10 Feb 2022 at 09:33:58, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108909983 “Thisbookoffersanexhilaratingreflectiononwhatitistothinkabout,with, andforthesakeofblood;andtosothink–asithaslongbeenthought–within theChristiantradition,butnotonlytheChristian.EugeneRogers’theological reflections are at all times in fruitful dialogue with those of other faiths and of otherdisciplines,mostnotablyJudaismandanthropology,fromwhichhelearns and deepens his thinking. Rogers does not present a systematic reflection on blood. Rather he repeats blood’s contradictions through a series of fragments: chaptersthataddressvarioussitesofblood’suse,itsspillingintosocialthought, into different cultural domains. Rewarding its readers with ever-deepening insight, thebookisasingularandpowerfulworkoftheologythatwillenthral andprovoke.” GerardLoughlin,ProfessorofTheologyandReligion,DurhamUniversity,authorof AlienSex:TheBodyandDesireinCinemaandTheologyandeditorofQueer Theology:RethinkingtheChristianBody “This book is sure to be both popular and important. The author is a distinguished theologian and philosopher. The topic is both fundamental to, yetneglectedby,Christiantheology,although‘blood’studiesarebigelsewhere in the academy, such as in anthropology and sociology. There is no other extendedstudyoftheChristiansymbolicsofblood–orcertainlynotbysome- one who brings together at a high level theology (Patristic, medieval, and modern), social theory, post-modern philosophy, and biblical studies. ‘Blood’ (real and symbolic) is something which, as the author points out, seeps into almostallhistoricaltheologicaltopics:death,sacrifice,Eucharist,childbirth,and creation.Itisalsototheforeinmanycontemporaryconcernsofthechurches: debates over killing animals and eating meat, torture, and – controversially – same-sex relations, racism, and (somewhat unexpectedly) creationism. A good bookontheChristiansymbolicsofbloodwillbeimportanttohistorians,social theorists, social scientists and the like, as well as to theologians and, indeed, churchauthoritiesastheystrugglewithsomeoftheissuesabove.Insum,thisis an original and important book by one of this generation’s most innovative theologians.” JanetSoskice,WilliamK.WarrenDistinguishedResearchProfessorofCatholic Theology,DukeUniversity,andProfessorofPhilosophicalTheology,Universityof Cambridge;authorofTheKindnessofGod:Metaphor,GenderandReligious LanguageandofSistersofSinai:HowTwoLadyAdventurersFoundtheHidden Gospels Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Universitaetsbibliothek Leipzig, on 10 Feb 2022 at 09:33:58, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108909983 BLOOD THEOLOGY Seeing Red in Body- and God-Talk M EUGENE F. ROGERS, JR. UniversityofNorthCarolinaatGreensboro Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Universitaetsbibliothek Leipzig, on 10 Feb 2022 at 09:33:58, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108909983 UniversityPrintingHouse,CambridgeCB28BS,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,NY10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,VIC3207,Australia 314–321,3rdFloor,Plot3,SplendorForum,JasolaDistrictCentre, NewDelhi–110025,India 79AnsonRoad,#06–04/06,Singapore079906 CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781108843287 DOI:10.1017/9781108909983 ©EugeneF.Rogers,Jr.2021 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2021 PrintedintheUnitedKingdombyTJBooksLimited,PadstowCornwall AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData NAMES:Rogers,EugeneF.,Jr.(EugeneFernand),author. TITLE:Bloodtheology:seeingredinbody-andGod-talk/EugeneF.Rogers,Jr.,University ofNorthCarolina,Greensboro. DESCRIPTION:Cambridge,UnitedKingdom;NewYork,NY,USA :CambridgeUniversity Press,2021.|Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. IDENTIFIERS:LCCN2020041191(print)|LCCN2020041192(ebook)|ISBN9781108843287 (hardback)|ISBN9781108824187(paperback)|ISBN9781108909983(ebook) SUBJECTS:LCSH:Blood–Religiousaspects–Christianity. CLASSIFICATION:LCCBR115.B57R642021 (print)|LCCBR115.B57 (ebook)|DDC234–dc23 LCrecordavailableat https://lccn.loc.gov/2020041191 LCebookrecordavailableat https://lccn.loc.gov/2020041192 ISBN978-1-108-84328-7Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyof URLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Universitaetsbibliothek Leipzig, on 10 Feb 2022 at 09:33:58, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108909983 BLOOD THEOLOGY The unsettling language of blood has been invoked throughout the history of Christianity.Butuntilnowtherehasbeennotrulysustainedtreatmentofhow Christiansusebloodtothinkwith.EugeneF.Rogers,Jr.discussesinhismuch- anticipated new book the sheer, surprising strangenessof Christian blood-talk, exploring the many and varied ways in which it offers a language where Christians cooperate, sacrifice, grow, and disagree. He asks too how it is that blood-talkdominateswhenotherexplanationswoulddo,andhowbloodseeps intoplaceswhereitseemshardlytobelong.Reachingbeyondacademicdisputes to consider how religious debates fuel civil ones, he shows that it is not only theologians or clergy who engage in blood-talk, but also lawmakers, judges, generals, doctors, and voters at large. Religious arguments have significant societal consequences, Rogers contends; and for that reason secular citizens mustdotheirbesttounderstandthem. EugeneF.Rogers,Jr.isProfessorofReligiousStudiesandofWomen’s,Gender, andSexualityStudiesattheUniversityofNorthCarolinaatGreensboro.Heis the author of six books, including Aquinas and the Supreme Court (2013) and SexualityandtheChristianBody(2003),whichwasnamed“essentialreading”by TheChristianCenturyamongbookspublishedinthepast25years.Hisnextbook is Elements of Christian Thought (2021). His next book is Elements of Christian Thought(2021). Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Universitaetsbibliothek Leipzig, on 10 Feb 2022 at 09:33:58, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108909983 “Thisbookoffersanexhilaratingreflectiononwhatitistothinkabout,with, andforthesakeofblood;andtosothink–asithaslongbeenthought–within theChristiantradition,butnotonlytheChristian.EugeneRogers’theological reflections are at all times in fruitful dialogue with those of other faiths and of otherdisciplines,mostnotablyJudaismandanthropology,fromwhichhelearns and deepens his thinking. Rogers does not present a systematic reflection on blood. Rather he repeats blood’s contradictions through a series of fragments: chaptersthataddressvarioussitesofblood’suse,itsspillingintosocialthought, into different cultural domains. Rewarding its readers with ever-deepening insight, thebookisasingularandpowerfulworkoftheologythatwillenthral andprovoke.” GerardLoughlin,ProfessorofTheologyandReligion,DurhamUniversity,authorof AlienSex:TheBodyandDesireinCinemaandTheologyandeditorofQueer Theology:RethinkingtheChristianBody “This book is sure to be both popular and important. The author is a distinguished theologian and philosopher. The topic is both fundamental to, yetneglectedby,Christiantheology,although‘blood’studiesarebigelsewhere in the academy, such as in anthropology and sociology. There is no other extendedstudyoftheChristiansymbolicsofblood–orcertainlynotbysome- one who brings together at a high level theology (Patristic, medieval, and modern), social theory, post-modern philosophy, and biblical studies. ‘Blood’ (real and symbolic) is something which, as the author points out, seeps into almostallhistoricaltheologicaltopics:death,sacrifice,Eucharist,childbirth,and creation.Itisalsototheforeinmanycontemporaryconcernsofthechurches: debates over killing animals and eating meat, torture, and – controversially – same-sex relations, racism, and (somewhat unexpectedly) creationism. A good bookontheChristiansymbolicsofbloodwillbeimportanttohistorians,social theorists, social scientists and the like, as well as to theologians and, indeed, churchauthoritiesastheystrugglewithsomeoftheissuesabove.Insum,thisis an original and important book by one of this generation’s most innovative theologians.” JanetSoskice,WilliamK.WarrenDistinguishedResearchProfessorofCatholic Theology,DukeUniversity,andProfessorofPhilosophicalTheology,Universityof Cambridge;authorofTheKindnessofGod:Metaphor,GenderandReligious LanguageandofSistersofSinai:HowTwoLadyAdventurersFoundtheHidden Gospels Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Universitaetsbibliothek Leipzig, on 10 Feb 2022 at 09:33:58, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108909983 BLOOD THEOLOGY Seeing Red in Body- and God-Talk M EUGENE F. ROGERS, JR. UniversityofNorthCarolinaatGreensboro Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Universitaetsbibliothek Leipzig, on 10 Feb 2022 at 09:33:58, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108909983 UniversityPrintingHouse,CambridgeCB28BS,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,NY10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,VIC3207,Australia 314–321,3rdFloor,Plot3,SplendorForum,JasolaDistrictCentre, NewDelhi–110025,India 79AnsonRoad,#06–04/06,Singapore079906 CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781108843287 DOI:10.1017/9781108909983 ©EugeneF.Rogers,Jr.2021 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2021 PrintedintheUnitedKingdombyTJBooksLimited,PadstowCornwall AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData NAMES:Rogers,EugeneF.,Jr.(EugeneFernand),author. TITLE:Bloodtheology:seeingredinbody-andGod-talk/EugeneF.Rogers,Jr.,University ofNorthCarolina,Greensboro. DESCRIPTION:Cambridge,UnitedKingdom;NewYork,NY,USA :CambridgeUniversity Press,2021.|Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. IDENTIFIERS:LCCN2020041191(print)|LCCN2020041192(ebook)|ISBN9781108843287 (hardback)|ISBN9781108824187(paperback)|ISBN9781108909983(ebook) SUBJECTS:LCSH:Blood–Religiousaspects–Christianity. CLASSIFICATION:LCCBR115.B57R642021 (print)|LCCBR115.B57 (ebook)|DDC234–dc23 LCrecordavailableat https://lccn.loc.gov/2020041191 LCebookrecordavailableat https://lccn.loc.gov/2020041192 ISBN978-1-108-84328-7Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyof URLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Universitaetsbibliothek Leipzig, on 10 Feb 2022 at 09:33:58, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108909983 BLOOD THEOLOGY The unsettling language of blood has been invoked throughout the history of Christianity.Butuntilnowtherehasbeennotrulysustainedtreatmentofhow Christiansusebloodtothinkwith.EugeneF.Rogers,Jr.discussesinhismuch- anticipated new book the sheer, surprising strangenessof Christian blood-talk, exploring the many and varied ways in which it offers a language where Christians cooperate, sacrifice, grow, and disagree. He asks too how it is that blood-talkdominateswhenotherexplanationswoulddo,andhowbloodseeps intoplaceswhereitseemshardlytobelong.Reachingbeyondacademicdisputes to consider how religious debates fuel civil ones, he shows that it is not only theologians or clergy who engage in blood-talk, but also lawmakers, judges, generals, doctors, and voters at large. Religious arguments have significant societal consequences, Rogers contends; and for that reason secular citizens mustdotheirbesttounderstandthem. EugeneF.Rogers,Jr.isProfessorofReligiousStudiesandofWomen’s,Gender, andSexualityStudiesattheUniversityofNorthCarolinaatGreensboro.Heis the author of six books, including Aquinas and the Supreme Court (2013) and SexualityandtheChristianBody(2003),whichwasnamed“essentialreading”by TheChristianCenturyamongbookspublishedinthepast25years.Hisnextbook is Elements of Christian Thought (2021). His next book is Elements of Christian Thought(2021). Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Universitaetsbibliothek Leipzig, on 10 Feb 2022 at 09:33:57, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108909983 “Thisbookoffersanexhilaratingreflectiononwhatitistothinkabout,with, andforthesakeofblood;andtosothink–asithaslongbeenthought–within theChristiantradition,butnotonlytheChristian.EugeneRogers’theological reflections are at all times in fruitful dialogue with those of other faiths and of otherdisciplines,mostnotablyJudaismandanthropology,fromwhichhelearns and deepens his thinking. Rogers does not present a systematic reflection on blood. Rather he repeats blood’s contradictions through a series of fragments: chaptersthataddressvarioussitesofblood’suse,itsspillingintosocialthought, into different cultural domains. Rewarding its readers with ever-deepening insight, thebookisasingularandpowerfulworkoftheologythatwillenthral andprovoke.” GerardLoughlin,ProfessorofTheologyandReligion,DurhamUniversity,authorof AlienSex:TheBodyandDesireinCinemaandTheologyandeditorofQueer Theology:RethinkingtheChristianBody “This book is sure to be both popular and important. The author is a distinguished theologian and philosopher. The topic is both fundamental to, yetneglectedby,Christiantheology,although‘blood’studiesarebigelsewhere in the academy, such as in anthropology and sociology. There is no other extendedstudyoftheChristiansymbolicsofblood–orcertainlynotbysome- one who brings together at a high level theology (Patristic, medieval, and modern), social theory, post-modern philosophy, and biblical studies. ‘Blood’ (real and symbolic) is something which, as the author points out, seeps into almostallhistoricaltheologicaltopics:death,sacrifice,Eucharist,childbirth,and creation.Itisalsototheforeinmanycontemporaryconcernsofthechurches: debates over killing animals and eating meat, torture, and – controversially – same-sex relations, racism, and (somewhat unexpectedly) creationism. A good bookontheChristiansymbolicsofbloodwillbeimportanttohistorians,social theorists, social scientists and the like, as well as to theologians and, indeed, churchauthoritiesastheystrugglewithsomeoftheissuesabove.Insum,thisis an original and important book by one of this generation’s most innovative theologians.” JanetSoskice,WilliamK.WarrenDistinguishedResearchProfessorofCatholic Theology,DukeUniversity,andProfessorofPhilosophicalTheology,Universityof Cambridge;authorofTheKindnessofGod:Metaphor,GenderandReligious LanguageandofSistersofSinai:HowTwoLadyAdventurersFoundtheHidden Gospels Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Universitaetsbibliothek Leipzig, on 10 Feb 2022 at 09:33:57, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108909983
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