{"product_id":"bible-and-the-transgender-experience-paperback","title":"Bible and the Transgender Experience - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLinda Herzer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA must read for all pastors, chaplains, counselors, and congregants, and for family and friends of transgender people, as well as for gender expansive individuals seeking to find their stories in the biblical narrative and desiring to know how scripture supports them.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author, a nontransgender pastor, spent three years serving a church where ten percent of the congregation identified as trans men, trans women, cross-dressers, or genderqueer. This motivated her to learn about gender expansive people and put her in situations where her previous understanding of the Bible was greatly expanded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this scholarly, yet easy-to-read book, Herzer gives clear, insightful accounts of what she has learned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Bible and the Transgender Experience explores: 1. whether or not God creates only two genders; 2. what Jesus had to say about gender variance; 3. various understandings of \"the cross-dressing passage\"; 4. gender variant groups and individuals in scripture; 5. the movement, within scripture itself, from the exclusion of gender variant people to their inclusion within the people of God. \r \r A must read for all pastors, chaplains, counselors, and congregants, and for family and friends of transgender people, as well as for gender variant individuals seeking to find their stories in the biblical narrative, and desiring to know how scripture supports them. \r \r Includes a discussion guide for small group and individual study.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757959086368,"sku":"9780829820423","price":20.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/04c742f82e0eaca083b3f25b4c98d899.webp?v=1780115499","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/bible-and-the-transgender-experience-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}