Complementarianism, Heteronormativity and the Future of the Anglican Church

IF 0.5 0 RELIGION Journal for the Academic Study of Religion Pub Date : 2023-03-24 DOI:10.1558/jasr.25740
Rosie Clare Shorter
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Within the Anglican communion tensions surrounding different approaches to sexuality and orthodoxy are not new. Among evangelical Sydney Anglicans, maintaining heteronormativity appears necessary for Christian living, maintaining orthodoxy and doing evangelism. I suggest that orthodoxy, sexuality and evangelism are held together by complementarian discourse. I explore this by focusing on the Sydney Anglican Diocese, reading former Archbishop Davies’ 2019 presidential address as an example of complementarian discourse. My reading primarily follows Sara Ahmed’s work on use and wilfulness. Drawing on interview and survey data collected between July 2019 and December 2020, I listen to the responses of parishioners and staff to the presidential address and the diocesan call to complementarianism, evangelism and heteronormativity. I suggest that complementarian models of ministry, and a concomitant refusal to affirm non-heterosexual intimacies, may actually be a barrier to living and doing Christianity in contemporary Australia.
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互补主义、异规性与圣公会的未来
在圣公会内部,围绕不同的性取向和正统观念的紧张关系并不新鲜。在悉尼的福音派圣公会教徒中,维持异性恋似乎是基督徒生活、维持正统和传福音的必要条件。我认为,正统,性和福音是由互补的话语结合在一起的。我通过关注悉尼圣公会教区来探讨这一点,阅读前大主教戴维斯2019年的总统演讲,作为互补话语的一个例子。我的阅读主要遵循萨拉·艾哈迈德关于使用和任性的研究。根据2019年7月至2020年12月期间收集的访谈和调查数据,我听取了教区居民和工作人员对总统演讲和教区对互补主义、福音主义和异性恋的呼吁的回应。我认为,牧师的互补模式,以及随之而来的拒绝承认非异性恋的亲密关系,实际上可能是当代澳大利亚生活和从事基督教活动的障碍。
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期刊介绍: The Journal for the Academic Study of Religion is a fully refereed interdisciplinary academic journal. The journal reflects the wide variety of research dealing with all aspects of the academic study of religion. The journal is committed to presenting cutting edge research from both established and new scholars. As well as articles, it publishes book and film reviews, conference reports, and the annual lectures delivered to members of its partner organisation, the Australian Association for the Study of Religion. The Journal for the Academic Study of Religion is published three times a year and issues alternate between thematic and regular issues. Regular issues include articles on any topic that bears upon the academic study of religion.
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