"State of Mind" versus "Concrete Set of Facts": The Contrasting of Transgender and Intersex in Church Documents on Sexuality

Theology and Sexuality

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-28

  Cornwall, Susannah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biology; church documents; hermaphrodite; intersex; sex reassignment surgery; transgender

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887865465     PISSN: 13558358     EISSN: 17455170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1558/tse.v15i1.7     Document Type: Article

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