10 August 2016, The Tablet

Men, women and the image of god

Popes and gender

 

Not for the first time, Pope Francis has attacked “gender theory”, saying it advocates the elimination of God-given differences between the sexes which are essential to a healthy society. According to notes released after a meeting with Polish bishops during his recent visit to their homeland, he told them: “We are living a moment of annihilation of man as image of God. Today, in schools they are teaching this to children – to children! – that everyone can choose their gender”. He repeated some remarks his predecessor Benedict had recently said to him: “It’s the epoch of sin against God the Creator!”

This is startlingly strong language, and goes against the common assumption that Francis takes a liberal view of sexual ethics. Nor is it easy to see exactly what he is talking about.

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For Biblical authors – as well as for ourselves – to conceive of the idea that humans are somehow "made in the Image of God", we first had to conceive of a God in the "image of man".
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