The Sexual Reformation, Aimee Byrd
The Sexual Reformation, Aimee Byrd
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The Sexual Reformation
Restoring the Dignity and Personhood of Man and Woman

Author: Aimee Byrd

Narrator: Charity Spencer

Unabridged: 5 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 03/08/2022

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

What does it mean to be a woman or a man created in the image of God?Many Christians don't have a good grasp of what their sexuality means. Many women in the church don't feel like their contributions matter.Why is this?The church is sadly still confused about what it means to be a man or a woman. While secular society talks about sexuality in terms of liberation, many in the church define manhood and womanhood in terms of reductive roles that rob us of the dignity of personhood, created in the image of God.In her poetic, theologically contemplative style, Aimee Byrd invites you to enter the rich treasure trove of the Song of Songs as its lyrics reveal how our very bodies are visible signs that tell us something about our God. This often-ignored biblical book has much to teach us about Christ, his church, man, and woman. And what it teaches us is not a list of roles and hierarchy. It is a love song.As it unfolds throughout the canon of Scripture, the meaning of our sexuality extends beyond biology, nature, and culture to give us a glimpse of what is to come. This meaningfulness reinforces our discipleship as we participate in the eschatological song.In The Sexual Reformation, you will discover the beautiful message that our bodies—and our whole selves—are part of the greater story in which Christ received the gift of his bride, the church. Within the context of that story, you'll rediscover your sexuality as a gift.Discussion questions and language comparisons are available in the audiobook companion PDF download.

About Aimee Byrd

Aimee Byrd?is author, speaker, blogger, podcaster, and former coffee shop owner. Aimee is the author of several books, including The Hope in Our Scars, Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, and Sexual Reformation. Her articles have appeared in?First Things,?Table Talk,?Modern Reformation,?By Faith,?New Horizons,?Ordained Servant,?Harvest USA, and?Credo Magazine?and she has been interviewed and quoted in?Christianity Today?and?The Atlantic.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Suzannah Rowntree on November 18, 2024

This is it - the exposition of the Song of Songs I have been wanting to read all my life, one that neither reduces the Song to sex, nor sublimates the allegory to such a degree that it ignores the rich imagery of bodies and sexuality within it. There is too much in this extraordinarily rich book, as......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on March 20, 2025

Note: In 2020, I read Byrd's last book (Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: How the Church Needs to Rediscover Her Purpose) at the same time as Worthy: Celebrating the Value of Women by Elyse Fitzpatrick and Eric Schumacher. The books gave a synergy to one another that I found really gre......more

Goodreads review by Anna on March 14, 2025

I always appreciate Aimee Byrd. It saddens me that people have written her off for saying that a women's (and men's) first role as a follower of Christ is to sit at his feet instead of being in the kitchen peeling potatoes. She's not against peeling potatoes but explains it's not our ultimate role a......more

Goodreads review by Becky on March 19, 2022

As a commentary on Song of Songs, this was helpful. I've certainly been in the camp of "well that was weird, let's read some epistles instead" regarding the Song, and Byrd teases out some really good points regarding the repeated use of certain metaphors and images through the Song, Revelation, Gene......more

Goodreads review by Jonathan on April 11, 2022

"Byrd argues that, patterned after Christ, the man in marriage, created first, is “authorized to be the first to love, the first to sacrifice, the first to serve, the first to give power to other persons, not to exercise power over them. We see this distortion of the gift as the effects of the fall,......more