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The End Of Sexual Identity: Why Sex Is Too Important To Define Who We Are (2011)

by Jenell Williams Paris(Favorite Author)

3.77 of 5 Votes: 1

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English

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Nonfiction

publisher

IVP Books

review 1: I loved Paris’ text. From my limited search, it is the most authentic and intelligent book on an incredibly divisive subject. She unpacks the heterosexual/homosexual dichotomy well and offers us a new and refreshing approach. Christians, on “both sides” of the issue, should certainly read this teach and hopefully by its conclusion realize that there isn’t really sides to this issue, but a new identity and humanity that Jesus offers all of us.The thesis of the text is simple: sexual desires are complicated and they don’t fit neatly into sexual orientations and identities. Whether we are condemning or affirmation so-called gay people, we are offering a judgment that isn’t of God. Instead, discipleship and discernment lead to the path of wholeness as we all try an... more truly identify as beloved.
review 2: Sometimes it seems as though everyone in the country knows exactly where they stand. They're either the Real True Christians holding the line against secularism out of control and those icky homosexuals, or they're the liberated 21st-century human beings who know how to transcend gender and love each other in the face of prejudice and violence that dates back to the Bronze Age. Or, just maybe, they enjoy relative indifference. The Christians and the pagans can duke it out, they don't have a dog in that fight.Well, in that whole scheme, I just don't fit, and I know that there are a lot of other people who share their own (never quite the same, but related) not-fitting. Neither the left nor the right has given me a lens that doesn't turn everything dirty or murky. I always hoped a book would come along that gave me some insight and perspective - that didn't just say, "Yeah, it's a tough situation!" but actually gave me a new lens with its own power to illuminate and clarify. Thank you, Jenell Paris. less

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