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7 months ago in Gender Studies By Aamir

David Bentley Hart on Sex and Gender: A Notable Silence?

Theologian David Bentley Hart was a student of Eugene Rogers, who writes extensively on sexuality. Has Hart himself engaged with sex/gender issues in his own work, or has he avoided that territory?

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By Natasha Answered 3 months ago

Interestingly, Hart has largely steered clear of making sex and gender a central theme, which sets him apart from his dissertation director. His massive output focuses on metaphysics, classical theism, and universal salvation. Any comments on gender are incidental, usually emerging within broader critiques of modern philosophy or discussions of the body in patristic thought. This likely reflects Hart's different scholarly priorities and his more traditionalist, metaphysical framework rather than a gap in his knowledge—it's simply not where he's chosen to plant his flag.

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