THY BODY
Answering Hard Questions about Life and Sexuality
NANCY R. PEARCEY
a division of Baker Publishing Group
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Published by Baker Books
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PO Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287
Paperback edition published 2019
ISBN 978-0-8010-7597-1
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the original edition as follows:
Names: Pearcey, Nancy, author.
Title: Love thy body : answering hard questions about life and sexuality / Nancy Pearcey.
Description: Grand Rapids : Baker Books, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017028374 | ISBN 9780801075728 (cloth)
Subjects: LCSH: Human body—Religious aspects—Christianity. | Sex—Religious aspects—Christianity.
Classification: LCC BT741.3 .P43 2018 | DDC 241/.697—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017028374
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About Love Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions about Life and SexualityWhy the call to Love Thy Body? To counter a pervasive hostility toward the body and biology that drives today’s headline stories: Transgenderism: Activists detach gender from biology. Kids down to kindergarten are being taught their body is irrelevant to their authentic self. Is this affirming—or does it demean the body? Homosexuality: Advocates disconnect sexuality from biological identity as male or female. Is this liberating—or does it denigrate biology? Abortion: Supporters say the fetus is not a person, though it is biologically human. Does this mean equality for women—or does it threaten the intrinsic value of all humans? Euthanasia: Those who lack certain cognitive abilities are said to be human but not persons. Is this compassionate—or does it ultimately put everyone at risk? In Love Thy Body, bestselling author Nancy Pearcey goes beyond politically correct slogans with a riveting exposé of the dehumanizing worldview that shapes current watershed moral issues, arguing that a holistic Christian view sustains the dignity of the body and biology. Throughout the book, Pearcey entrances readers with compassionate stories of people wrestling with hard questions in their own lives—their pain, their struggles, their triumphs. |
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