In this book, West seeks to explain how the body is good and for what purpose it was created. He talks about death being the separation of soul and body, and about God's redemptive plan for the body. West writes that God designed the human body to make what is invisible, visible. He also goes into great detail and depth to tell of how marriage - and indeed, the very anatomy of the male body and of the female body - images Christ and the Church.
"Our Bodies Tell God's Story" is well written and carefully laid out and is an incredibly insightful study on "Theology of the Body" by Pope John Paul II. This book is, by no means, a light read. Rather, it stretches the mind and I, for one, have learned more about God's intricate and exacting design of the human body than I even knew was there.
For those reasons, I could not give it fewer than five stars. I do wish, however, that he would have expounded on why our "maleness" or "femaleness" is intrinsic to who we are and unable/not meant to be changed. West does well explaining the differences between male and female (biologically from theological standpoint), and argues that our identity is meant to be in the Lord rather than in our sexuality and how we perceive ourselves. But he did not directly address why we can or cannot decide our roles for ourselves.
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Praise for Our Bodies Tell God’s Story
“A much-needed and timely work.”—Eric Metaxas (from the foreword)
“This is the book Christians need to equip themselves with in order to respond to the sexual revolution.”—Ryan T. Anderson, author of When Harry Became Sally
“For those wanting a Christian understanding of sex and God’s wonderful creation of men and women, this very readable text is the place to start.”—Thomas S. Buchanan, senior editor, Touchstone
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