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

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ISBN-10: 0830838368

ISBN-13: 9780830838363

Edition: 2011

Authors: Jenell Williams Paris

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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 are not distinctly biblical or Christian ways of thinking about sex.Anthropologist Jenell Williams Paris offers a Christian framework for sexuality that accounts for complex postmodern realities. She unpacks how sexual identities are socially constructed in our cultural context, and assesses problems with common cultural and Christian understandings of heterosexuality and homosexuality. Ultimately, linking sexual feelings to human identity leads us to a dead end.Avoiding simplistic…    
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Book details

List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Publication date: 2/22/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Jenell Williams Paris (PhD, American University) is professor of anthropology and sociology at Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania, where she regularly teaches introductory anthropology courses. She formerly taught at Bethel University.