The Body God Gives: A Biblical Response to Transgender Theory

What is the relationship between sex and gender?

• Understand society's shifts in thinking and talking about sex and gender
• Discover how biological sex guides gender
• Recognize how the Bible speaks to gender and transgender
• Respond to affirming interpretations of Scripture
• Answer gender confusion with clarity and compassion

In The Body God Gives: A Biblical Response to Transgender Theory, Robert S. Smith argues that God intends a person's gender to be grounded in the reality of his or her biological sex--the body God has given. In making his case, Smith critiques the central claim of transgender theory: that the sexed body does not determine the gendered self. He also evaluates contemporary changes in thought and speech about sex and gender, responding to modern confusion with biblical conviction and compassion. God speaks clearly, both in his word and in his world.

Contents

• Part 1: Sex, Gender and Transgender: Setting the Scene
  • The Contemporary Sex and Gender Crisis
  • Evangelicals and Transgender Questions
  • Evangelical Theological Method
• Part 2: Sex, Gender and Transgender in Historical Perspective
  • The Creation and Construction of Sex
  • The Invention and Subversion of Gender
  • Reclaiming Sex and Rescuing Gender
• Part 3: Sex, Gender and Transgender in Biblical Perspective
  • Male and Female in the Beginning
  • The Making of Man and Woman
  • The Meaning and Mystery of Marriage
  • Sex and Gender Outside of Eden
  • Sex and Gender in the End
  • Conclusion