Members of His Body: Shakespeare, Paul, and a Theology of Nonmonogamy

Will Stockton

Published by Fordham University Press 2017

Members of His Body

Shakespeare, Paul, and a Theology of Nonmonogamy

Will Stockton

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823275533

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Framing the Christian defense of marital monogamy against Ephesians 5’s suggestion that all believers are married in Christ, this book argues for the presence of competing marriage theologies in four Shakespeare plays: The Comedy of Errors, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, and The Winter’s Tale.

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Stockton Will :

Will Stockton is Associate Professor of English at Clemson University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Notes Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction: Marriage and the Body of Christ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. Neither male nor female
1. Paul in Ephesus: Self and Sexual Difference in The Comedy of Errors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
2. Portia’s Pauline Perversion: The Merchant of Venice and Romans 1 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
Part II. The works of the flesh
3. Chaste Impossibilities: Adultery and Individuation in Othello Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
4. The Ecology of Adultery: Flesh, Blood, and Stone in The Winter’s Tale Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
Epilogue: Why (Again) Are the Utopians Monogamous? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173

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Language: English
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Pages
- Main content: 188
Keywords: Shakespeare; marriage; gay marriage; Paul; Christianity; Monogamy; Polygamy; Queer; chastity; adultery

eBook

Published: May 1, 2017
ISBN: 9780823275533