The Politics of Conjugal Love
A Baptismal and Trinitarian Approach to Headship and Submission
- Marriage, Family & Relationships
- Publisher: Pickwick Publications (Wipf and Stock)
- Published: 2019
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Publisher's Description
Does the New Testament teach that a wife must submit to her husband as head? If so, does it have a lasting value beyond the cultural milieu in which it was first articulated? The Politics of Conjugal Love takes a fresh approach to this classic issue in theological anthropology, paying specific attention to the role of theological hermeneutics in its interpretation. Conor Sweeney and Brian T. Trainor contend that both "subordinationist" and "anti-subordinationist" readings of headship and submission miss the mark. Their alternative is a baptismally specified trinitarian reading in which headship and submission appear as modes intrinsic to both life in Christ and the love proper to the highest mode of trinitarian love.
Endorsements (3)
“Is it possible to rediscover the language of conjugal love when marriage has been deconstructed and any reference to nature is viewed with suspicion? In order to regain the poetry of love as a hymn of praise to God, C. Sweeney and B. T. Trainor trace in this evocative book the personalistic, Christocentric, and Trinitarian dimensions of love through the sacramental language of baptism.”
“I applaud Conor Sweeney's venture into a modern minefield, the enigmas of submission and rank, as they apply to the teaching on marriage in Ephesians 5. It begs us all to question our hearts deeply in the light of Christ's own headship and kenosis.”
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