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Kroppen som konfliktzon: Den bibliska traditionen
Örebro University, School of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2080-3620
Akademi för Ledarskap och Teologi, Örebro, Sweden.
2021 (Swedish)In: Tidskrift för litteraturvetenskap, ISSN 1104-0556, E-ISSN 2001-094X, Vol. 51, no 1-2, p. 92-101Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In the article we discuss the ambiguous view of the body in Christian tradition, focusing on the biblical texts and St. Augustine’s Confessions. We suggest that there is a tension in the view of humans in these texts, which by time evolves into a two- or three-part division of man into spirit, soul, and body. As a result, the body or ‘flesh’ has often been regarded as a constraint or burden that prevents people from living the life they were meant to live. We argue, however, that the view of the body in the Bible and in Christian tradition is not unequivocal. The body can appear as a place for temptation and suffering, but it is also God’s creation, the place where the earthly and the divine meet. This results in a fragile and unstable position for the body, which also applies to the two other bodies we discuss in the article: the biblical texts and the Christian church. We also suggest that the conflict depicted in the texts is not primarily between the spiritual and the material. The conflict is rather ethical, social, and eschatological. People are thus supposed to respond to God’s acts by forming a new way of living their life in the body.

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Föreningen för utgivandet av Tidskrift för litteraturvetenskap , 2021. Vol. 51, no 1-2, p. 92-101
Keywords [en]
The Bible, St Augustine, the body
Keywords [sv]
Kropp, Bibeln, Augustinus
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General Literature Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-96043DOI: 10.54797/tfl.v51i1-2.1732OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-96043DiVA, id: diva2:1620552
Available from: 2021-12-16 Created: 2021-12-16 Last updated: 2021-12-16Bibliographically approved

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