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Embodied: Transgender Identities, the Church, and What the Bible Has to Say

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Overview

Compassionate, biblical, and thought-provoking, Embodied is an accessible guide for Christians who want help navigating issues related to the transgender conversation.

Preston Sprinkle draws on Scripture, as well as real-life stories of individuals struggling with gender dysphoria, to help you understand the complexities and emotions of this highly relevant topic. This book fills the great need for Christians to speak into the confusing and emotionally charged questions surrounding the transgender conversation.

With careful research and an engaging style, Embodied explores:

What it means to be transgender, nonbinary, and gender-queer, and how these identities relate to being male or female
Why most stereotypes about what it means to be a man and woman come from the culture and not the Bible
What the Bible says about humans created in God’s image as male and female, and how this relates to transgender experiences
Moral questions surrounding medical interventions such as sex reassignment surgery
Which pronouns to use and how to navigate the bathroom debate
Why more and more teens are questioning their gender

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780830781225
Publisher:	David C Cook
Publication date:	02/01/2021
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	105,366
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

New York Times–bestselling author Dr. Preston M. Sprinkle has written more than a dozen books. He serves as the president of Theology in the Raw and The Center for Faith, Sexuality & Gender.

Preface 13

Chapter 1 People 17

Chapter 2 Ten Thousand Genders 29

Chapter 3 What Does It Mean to Be Trans*? 49

Chapter 4 Male and Female in the Image of God 63

Chapter 5 Gender Stereotypes 79

Chapter 6 But What about the Eunuch? And Other Questions 95

Chapter 7 What about Intersex? 113

Chapter 8 Male Brain in a Female Body 127

Chapter 9 Female Soul in a Male Body 143

Interlude 153

Chapter 10 Rapid-Onset Gender Dysphoria 159

Chapter 11 Transitioning and Christian Discipleship 179

Chapter 12 Pronouns, Bathrooms, and Sleeping Spaces 199

Conclusion: Outrageous Love 221

Appendix: Suicidality and Trans* People 227

Notes 243

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Preston’s Embodied is one of the first (and most comprehensive) theological looks into the trans* conversation. As a non-binary Christian I am thankful that he has offered a much-needed voice to this topic. While we do often come to different conclusions, I greatly appreciate his voice in this conversation and his sincere desire to present a holistic approach to better love and understand trans* people in our churches.

Lesli Hudson-Reynolds

The history has not always been good between people of faith and those who identify as transgender. This history, combined with a desire for much better, is what makes voices like Preston’s so essential for the times in which we live. Preston has this wonderful, Jesus-like way of flexing the muscles of conviction and compassion, of truth and grace, of law and love, of empathy and human design, all at the same time. As he does this, he not only finds the way but shows the way to befriend, empathize with, and come alongside those whom Jesus has called us to love. I need this book, and I suspect that you do too.

Scott Sauls

There are many good books written on transgender identities, but if you are looking for one book that is scientifically sound, theologically grounded, and gracious in its demeanor, Embodied is the book to get. Whether you are a scholar looking to understand the issue more deeply, a parent trying to help his or her transgender child, a friend wanting to better love transgender people, or someone wrestling with your own gender identity, this book will be an indispensable resource. My thanks to Sprinkle for writing and researching such an important and timely book.

Sean McDowell

In Embodied, my friend Dr. Preston Sprinkle tenderly tackles topics most run from. He hosts the very conversations the church avoids or mishandles. This work is researched the way Preston loves … deeply. I fought back tears as I read and found myself convicted, challenged, and equipped to love, listen, and learn. Everyone deserves to know that they are intimately woven for the love of God.

Lisa Bevere

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