Raw, intimate, and timely, Nadia Bolz-Weberโs latest book offers a full-blown overhaul of our harmful and antiquated ideas about sex, gender, and our bodies.
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Christians are obsessed with sex. But not in a good way. For generations countless people have suffered pain, guilt, and judgment as a result of this toxic fixation on sex, the body, and physical pleasure. In the follow-up to her celebrated New York Times bestseller Accidental Saints, Bolz-Weber unleashes her critical eye, her sharp pen, and her vulnerable but hopeful soul on the caustic, fear-riddled, and religiously inspired messages about sex that have fed our shame.
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย In turn, Bolz-Weber offers no simple amendments or polite compromises, because the stakes are too highโand our souls and our bodies are worth too much. Instead, this tattooed, swearing, modern-day pastor calls for a new reformation. She urges us to take antiquated, sexist ideas about sex, gender, and our bodies and โburn them the f*ck down and start all over.โ
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย This is a journey of holy resistance. Along the way, as antidotes to shame, heresy, and all-too-familiar injustice, Bolz-Weber dispenses grace, freedom, and courage. She shares stories, poetry, and scripture, cultivating resilient hope and audacious love rooted in good news that is โpowerful enough, transgressive enough, and beautiful enough to heal not only the ones who have been hurt but also those who have done the hurting.โ
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย In Bolz-Weberโs most personal, bracingly honest book yet, she shares intimately about her life, with her trademark blend of vulnerability, humor, and candor. If youโve been mistreated, confused, angered, and/or wounded by the shaming sexual messages so prevalent in religion, this one is for you.
Includes a PDF of images and drawings from the book.