TY - CHAP
T1 - The Masculinity of Jesus and the Doctrine of the Real Presence
AU - Herringer, Carol Engelhardt
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, The Author(s).
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This chapter analyses how advanced Anglican clergymen—Tractarians, Ritualists, and Anglo-Catholics—in defining the new Anglican Eucharistic doctrine of the Real Presence also described Jesus as exemplifying the qualities associated with mainstream ideals of masculinity. The Jesus they described was strong to the point of death, plainly spoken, and in the company of other men. He was also, in defiance of historical reality, firmly Christian, as Judaism in this period was associated with foreigners and femininity, two qualities also negatively associated with advanced Anglican priests. This analysis suggests that the doctrine of the Real Presence had secular as well as spiritual benefits for these priests, who sometimes struggled to conform to mainstream ideals of masculinity.
AB - This chapter analyses how advanced Anglican clergymen—Tractarians, Ritualists, and Anglo-Catholics—in defining the new Anglican Eucharistic doctrine of the Real Presence also described Jesus as exemplifying the qualities associated with mainstream ideals of masculinity. The Jesus they described was strong to the point of death, plainly spoken, and in the company of other men. He was also, in defiance of historical reality, firmly Christian, as Judaism in this period was associated with foreigners and femininity, two qualities also negatively associated with advanced Anglican priests. This analysis suggests that the doctrine of the Real Presence had secular as well as spiritual benefits for these priests, who sometimes struggled to conform to mainstream ideals of masculinity.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85145066465&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-40082-8_9
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-40082-8_9
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85145066465
T3 - Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture
SP - 133
EP - 145
BT - Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture
PB - Palgrave Macmillan
ER -