Abstract
The focus of this chapter will be on the intersections from the perspective of the viewer and it will reflect on the intimate connection between contemplation and complicity, between veneration and perversion, and between violence, sexuality, testimony and the sacred. What do our politicized, spiritualized, or sexualized gazes at violence imply? Obviously, we do not claim to know what individual persons believe or experience when they are spiritually moved by the crucifixion narratives or its visual representations. Our intention is to critically highlight possible meanings of the fact that this grotesque story of (sexualized) violence has become such an important source for spiritual contemplation. We do so by exploring three dimensions of gazing at the crucified body: the politicized gaze of sexualized violence, the spiritualized gaze of the political violence, and the sexualized gaze of spiritual violence.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | When Did We See You Naked? |
Subtitle of host publication | Jesus as a Victim of Sexual Abuse |
Editors | Jayme R. Reaves, David Tombs, Rocio Figueroa |
Place of Publication | London |
Pages | 195-209 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2021 |
Externally published | Yes |