{"product_id":"love-thy-body-answering-hard-questions-about-life-and-sexuality-526787","title":"Love Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions About Life and Sexuality","description":"***Winner of The Gospel Coalition Book Award for Public Theology and Current Events 2018.***   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\"There is much that needs to be said to the evangelical church - both as reminder and as fresh teaching - about developing a biblical theology of the body. This book by Pearcey, professor of apologetics and scholar in residence at Houston Baptist University, provides a useful contribution to that effort. With particular tenderness and thoughtfulness to women, Pearcey addresses abortion, euthanasia, sexual promiscuity, homosexuality, and transgenderism in a way that is philosophically rigorous yet accessible.\"   \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e- Ivan Mesa, https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/2018-tgc-book-awards\/ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy the call to *Love Thy Body?* To counter a pervasive hostility toward the body and biology that drives today's headline stories:  \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTransgenderism:\u003c\/strong\u003e Activists detach gender from biology. Kids down to kindergarten are being taught their bodies are irrelevant. Is this affirming--or does it demean the body?  \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eHomosexuality:\u003c\/strong\u003e Advocates disconnect sexuality from biological identity. Is this liberating--or does it denigrate biology?  \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAbortion:\u003c\/strong\u003e Supporters deny the fetus is a person, though it is biologically human. Does this mean equality for women--or does it threaten the intrinsic value of all humans?  \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eEuthanasia:\u003c\/strong\u003e Those who lack certain cognitive abilities are said to be no longer persons. Is this compassionate--or does it ultimately put everyone at risk?  \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e 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.  \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e Pearcey then turns the tables on media boilerplate that misportrays Christianity as harsh or hateful. A former agnostic, she makes a surprising and persuasive case that Christianity is holistic, sustaining the dignity of the body and biology.  \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e Throughout she entrances readers with compassionate stories of people wrestling with hard questions in their own lives--their pain, their struggles, their triumphs.  \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e \"Liberal secularist ideology rests on a mistake and Nancy Pearcey in her terrific new book puts her finger right on it. In embracing abortion, euthanasia, homosexual conduct and relationships, transgenderism, and the like, liberal secularism ... is philosophically as well as theologically untenable.\"--**Robert P. George,** Princeton University  \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e \"Wonderful guide.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eSam Allberry\u003c\/strong\u003e, author, *Is God Anti-Gay?*  \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e \"A must-read.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eRosaria Butterfield\u003c\/strong\u003e, former professor, Syracuse University; author, *The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert*   \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e \"An astute but accessible analysis of the intellectual roots of the most important moral ills facing us today: abortion, euthanasia, and redefining the family.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eRichard Weikart\u003c\/strong\u003e, California State University, Stanislaus  \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e \"Highly readable, insightful, and informative.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eMary Poplin\u003c\/strong\u003e, Claremont Graduate University; author, *Is* *Reality Secular?*  \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e \"Unmasks the far-reaching practical consequences of mind-body dualism better than anyone I have ever seen.\"--Jennife\u003cstrong\u003er Roback Morse\u003c\/strong\u003e, founder and president, The Ruth Institute  \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e \"*Love Thy Body* richly enhances the treasure box that is Pearcey's collective work.\"--**Glenn T. Stanton**, Focus on the Family  \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e \"Essential reading *... Love Thy Body* brings clarity and understanding to the multitude of complex and confusing views in discussions about love and sexuality.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eBecky Norton Dunlop\u003c\/strong\u003e, Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow, The Heritage Foundation  \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e \"Pearcey gets straight to the issue of our day: What makes humans valuable in the first place? You must get this book. Don't just read it. 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