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1、WhatDifferenceDoesADescriptionMake?SomeconcernsaboutFrancescaMurphy’s“TheMetaphysicalBasisoftheDifferenceBetweenMenandWomen”AgnesB.CurrySaintJoseph’sCollege(CT)Sexualdifferentiationisafeatureofourworldandhumanlifethatisofgreatinteresttosometheoristsandshouldbeofinteresttomore.For
2、thosewhoseesuchdifferentiationinapositivelight,andnotmerelyasalimitation,groundingsexualdifferenceinametaphysical-theologicalframework,suchasTrinitariantheology,isquitetempting.Butsuchaprojecthasmanypitfalls;theimpetustohastydescriptionandelevationofsocialprejudicestometaphysical
3、truthsisalmostoverwhelming.TheessaytrackssomeofthesepitfallsastheyoccurinMurphy’spaperandintheworksofhermaininspirations,HansUrsvonBalthasarandPopeJohnPaulII.IamgratefulfortheopportunitytoreflectuponProfessorMurphy’spaper.Iwanttothankherforherefforts,andtothankKevinMcMahonandFr.J
4、ohnFortinandtheInstituteforSaintAnselmStudiesfortheirinvitationtometoparticipateinthisdiscussionasarespondent.InsodoingtheygracedmewithwhatIsensemaybeasortoftreasure–awayintodwellingwiththerichandintriguingworkofHansUrsvonBalthasar.Inwhatfollows,Iwillfirstsummarizemyinterpretatio
5、nofProfessorMurphy’smainargument.ItakehertobefollowingbothPopeJohnPaulIIandvonBalthasarinherunderstandingoflove.IwillthenraisequestionsabouthowfarshewishestofollowvonBalthasar’sunderstandingofmasculinityandfemininity,and,morebroadly,whatwearetomakeofhisreflectionsthere,centralast
6、heyare,Ithink,tohisunderstandingofthelifeoftheTrinityinitselfandinrelationtohumanpossibilities.Iregardmyroletobelessaboutputtingforthapositionofmyownandmoreaboutcontinuingthediscussion,sosomeofmyreflectionsarehighlyinterrogative–notsettledatall–whileothershavemorethecharacterofpo
7、sitivesuggestion.Itismyhopethattheyfunctioninatrulygenerativeway,fosteringconversationindirectionsthatareperhapsunpredictable.I:ReconstructionProfessorMurphy’smainclaimisthatthemodeofrelationshipintheTrinity,particularlythatofself-givinglove(kenosis),isthemetaphysicalbasisof“thed
8、ifference”betweenmenandwomen.Thisdiffere
