The Christian Gender Paradigm | Presentation at ACHHS 2024 Conference

Originally published on YouTube 10/30/24.

At the 4th annual Association of Christians in Health and Human Services conference, I presented on The Christian Gender Paradigm, which is also the title of a forthcoming journal article I wrote. With the ongoing conflict in the world and church over how to understand what sex and gender are, and how best to respond to cases of discordance, the church desperately needs to reclaim its anthropology and proclaim a message of clarity and compassion.

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For more on this topic:
Gender & Sexuality class presentation at UVF: https://youtu.be/NFw3jHsL3vw
Gender and Sexuality through a Theology of the Body Lens: https://youtu.be/kVXaIxRYSiU
Feminism and the Gender War through a Theology of the Body Lens: https://youtu.be/CeVRz6Gi5iI
Transgenderism through a Theology of the Body Lens: https://youtu.be/swAGgid1DC8
TOB Supports Transformational Ministry: https://youtu.be/c6Qj_w6d_E8
Talking about Transgender with Your Teen: https://youtu.be/UrhXZyIujfM
Restore, Revive, Rebuild Sermon: https://youtu.be/hs6ict6TWXU
Restoring Our Vision for Sexuality Sermon: https://youtu.be/lq18UGGMbHs

Timestamps:
3:55 Background of this article.
7:57 Divided over gender.
11:11 A conflict over virtues?
12:00 Reacting with compartmentalizing.
14:29 The authentic Christian approach.
16:36 People of the Word.
17:49 God as Creator.
19:11 The Incarnation.
20:07 Theology of the Body.
21:46 An adequate anthropology.
22:58 The Imago Dei.
28:06 Hebrew words for male and female.
31:57 A world of difference.
32:52 Original goodness.
34:04 Union of Heaven and Earth.
35:04 Ethos and ethics.
37:33 Definitions.
38:15 Defining sex.
39:53 Defining gender.
41:52 Defining identity.
42:48 The need for gender difference.
43:52 The discovery of gender.
44:16 How the body reveals gender.
44:38 The language of the body.
46:13 Masculinity and femininity.
46:23 Gender discordance.
48:02 The Devil divides.
49:03 Humanity's history.
50:44 Ancient paganism.
53:12 Ancient Gnosticism.
55:54 Two responses to Gnosticism.
57:27 The Enlightenment.
58:40 Postmodernism.
59:44 2nd Wave Feminism.
1:00:46 3rd and 3th Wave Feminism.
1:01:50 The Secular Gender Paradigm.
1:04:37 The Christian Gender Paradigm.
1:09:58 Christian gender prescriptions.
1:11:55 Normative development.
1:13:57 Responding to gender discordance.
1:16:05 Some of the Q&A and discussion.
1:22:50 Closing thoughts.

Some of my reference list:
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Andreades, S.A. (2023). Across the Kitchen Table: Talking about Trans with Your Teen.
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Butler, J.R. (2023). Beautiful Union: How God’s Vision for Sex Points Us to the Good, Unlocks the True, and (Sort of) Explains Everything.
Cole, C. (2013). Biblical Femininity: Discovering Clarity and Freedom in God’s Design for Women.
Crabb, L. (2013). Fully Alive: A Biblical Vision of Gender that Frees Men and Women to Live beyond Stereotypes.
Doyle, C. (2018). The Meaning of Sex: A New Christian Ethos.
Favale, A. (2022). The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory.
Hicks, R. (1993). The Masculine Journey: Understanding the Six Stages of Manhood.
John Paul II. (2006). Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body (M. Waldstein, Trans.).
Pearcey, N.R. (2018). Love Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions about Life and Sexuality.
Shenvi, N., & Sawyer, P. (2023). Critical Dilemma: The Rise of Critical Theories and Social Justice Ideology—Implications for the Church and Society.
Stuckey, Allie Beth. (2022, July 7). The dark history & goals of queer theory | Guest: James Lindsay : Ep 639 [Video]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMVV79x8m9c
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Wojtyla, K. (1981). Love and Responsibility (H.T. Willetts, Trans.).

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