Every so often, an academic wrapped in the robes of theory decides to rewrite history — not to correct it, but to commandeer it.
The latest example comes from the Conversation, in which a University of Iowa scholar, Sarah Barringer, claims that Christianity has a “transgender” heritage. You heard that right: Saints who renounced the world to live in chastity and devotion are now being posthumously enlisted in a modern identity crusade they never chose.
The modern obsession with identity — splintering the self into ever-narrower categories — is antithetical to the Christian ethos.
Let’s acknowledge the truth up front: There is no such thing as a “transgender saint.” There are saints who disguised themselves, fled arranged marriages, and shaved their heads and donned robes to live among
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