{"product_id":"love-thy-body-answering-hard-questions-about-life-and-sexuality-9780801075971","title":"Love Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions about Life and Sexuality","description":"Why the call to \u003ci\u003eLove Thy Body? \u003c\/i\u003eTo counter a pervasive hostility toward the body and biology that drives today's headline stories: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTransgenderism: \u003c\/b\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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHomosexuality: \u003c\/b\u003e Advocates disconnect sexuality from biological identity. Is this liberating--or does it denigrate biology? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbortion: \u003c\/b\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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEuthanasia: \u003c\/b\u003eThose who lack certain cognitive abilities are said to be no longer persons. Is this compassionate--or does it ultimately put everyone at risk? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLove Thy Body, \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Nancy Pearcey goes beyond politically correct slogans with a riveting expos  of the dehumanizing worldview that shapes current watershed moral issues. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePearcey 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThroughout she entrances readers with compassionate stories of people wrestling with hard questions in their own lives--their pain, their struggles, their triumphs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\"--\u003cb\u003eRobert P. George, \u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Wonderful guide.\"--\u003cb\u003eSam Allberry\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003eIs God Anti-Gay?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A must-read.\"--\u003cb\u003eRosaria Butterfield\u003c\/b\u003e, former professor, Syracuse University; author, \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\"--\u003cb\u003eRichard Weikart\u003c\/b\u003e, California State University, Stanislaus \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Highly readable, insightful, and informative.\"--\u003cb\u003eMary Poplin\u003c\/b\u003e, Claremont Graduate University; author, \u003ci\u003eIs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eReality Secular?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Unmasks the far-reaching practical consequences of mind-body dualism better than anyone I have ever seen.\"--Jennife\u003cb\u003er Roback Morse\u003c\/b\u003e, founder and president, The Ruth Institute \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eLove Thy Body \u003c\/i\u003erichly enhances the treasure box that is Pearcey's collective work.\"--\u003cb\u003eGlenn T. Stanton\u003c\/b\u003e, Focus on the Family \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Essential reading\u003ci\u003e . . . Love Thy Body \u003c\/i\u003ebrings clarity and understanding to the multitude of complex and confusing views in discussions about love and sexuality.\"--\u003cb\u003eBecky Norton Dunlop\u003c\/b\u003e, Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow, The Heritage Foundation \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. Master it.\"--\u003cb\u003eScott Klusendorf\u003c\/b\u003e, president, Life Training Institute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Baker Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/18\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801075971\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Nancy R. 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