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Jenell Williams Paris

The End of Sexual Identity: Why Sex Is Too Important to Define Who We Are, (Paperback)

Name: The End of Sexual Identity: Why Sex Is Too Important to Define Who We Are, (Paperback)
Brand: Jenell Williams Paris
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The End of Sexual Identity: Why Sex Is Too Important to Define Who We Are, (Paperback)The End of Sexual Identity Why Sex Is Too Important to Define Who We Are Paperback

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Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Publication date: February, 2011

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Sexual identity has become an idol in both the culture at large and in the Christian subculture. And yet concepts like "gay" or "straight" are relatively recent developments in human history. We let ourselves be defined by socially constructed notions of sexual identity and sexual orientation--even though these may not be the only or best ways to think about sexuality.Anthropologist Jenell Williams Paris offers a Christian framework for sexual holiness that accounts for complex postmodern realities. She assesses problems with popular cultural and Christian understandings of heterosexuality and homosexuality alike. The End of Sexual Identity moves beyond culture-war impasses to open up new space for conversations in diverse communities both inside and outside the church.

With an ironic smile, The End of Sexual Identity attempts to perform reparative therapy on the church, so that she will convert from her cultural orientation back to the biblical one where humans are regarded as just humans-not reduced to their sexual deeds and desires. Paris shows that the sexual identity framework was not dropped on earth by some divine skyhook; we're better off without this newfangled invention. Hers is a prophetic call for the church to get over its heterosexist moral superiority and get on with its business of shepherding all persons toward sexual holiness.

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The End of Sexual Identity: Why Sex Is Too Important to Define Who We Are

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The book argues that the concept of sexual identity is a relatively recent social construct, problematic for Christians because it leads to an overemphasis on sexual feelings as defining characteristics and creates divisions within the Christian community. The author proposes an alternative framework for understanding sexuality grounded in the Christian tradition, emphasizing that identity comes from God, not sexual feelings.

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InterVarsity Press

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February, 2011

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