Book Review: Swipe Up
Books about Christianity and sexuality are fairly easy sells at the moment – whether it is an expose of the Church’s idiocy, or attempts by the faithful to explain why we are so wierd. In fact, I’ve written one of … Continued
An Amateur Theologian blundering around the Kingdom of God
Books about Christianity and sexuality are fairly easy sells at the moment – whether it is an expose of the Church’s idiocy, or attempts by the faithful to explain why we are so wierd. In fact, I’ve written one of … Continued
Whilst I work for another publisher, I’m grateful to continue recieving from time to time books direct from publishers in exchange for a review. Today’s review, then, is one of those. This is a slim, timely book on an important … Continued
What does it mean to be human? What does it mean to follow Jesus with every part of ourselves? Doesn’t the traditional teaching of the Church on sex and relationships put people off? Isn’t it impossible not to have sex … Continued
This book review is of a title published by IVP, who are owned by my present employer, SPCK. I hope that this doesn’t affect the review. This book is probably the best book I’ve read yet about how and why the church … Continued
In reading widely around the topic of sexuality and gender, a subset of my Masters dissertation (and bigger!) interest in the Doctrine of the Image of God and its application for today, I’ve read dozens (scores?) of books on sex, … Continued
The aptly named ‘Living Out‘ is a well designed, well-resourced website that seeks to change the way a difficult conversation is had. In the website’s own words: We want: To help Christian brothers and sisters who experience same-sex attraction stay … Continued
Some of you may know that I have been reading, ‘researching’ and reflecting on the inter-related topics of sex, sexuality, identity, body, and the theology of all of these, for some time. Today’s post echoes that reflection, both in … Continued
This is a review written a number of years ago – so apologies for the style, brevity, and pace! This review was done from reading a book entirely on my Kindle, and so is by necessity not able to take … Continued