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Baker Publishing Group
April 20, 2021

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April 20, 2021 /Christian Newswire/ -- The cultural conversation of the body has morphed into a confused and controversial debate that overwhelms much of the secular worldview. Trending Google searches related to our bodies recently included "What are all 52 genders?," "Is a female a girl?," and "What is a bigender?." It's no wonder that many Christians have adopted the dangerous, gnostic belief that our physical bodies are inherently evil.

In his new book, Embodied: Living as Whole People in a Fractured World (Baker Books, May 2021), Gregg R. Allison PhD, professor of Christian theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, writes about this cultural movement from a deeply theological viewpoint. Using scripture as his foundation, Allison argues that "human embodiment—life in a physical, material body—is the proper state of human existence."

Embodied is an invitation for readers to embrace the statement, "I am my body." God's design for His image-bearers is, in fact, embodiment. Knowing a theology of human embodiment will help readers

• be more connected with God and his design for us.
   
• be better prepared to face the cultural challenges around us.
   
• and be more integrated and sound—not divided—people for ourselves and for others.

Allison's Embodied will equip readers to address pressing contemporary issues related to our bodies, including how we express our sexuality, whether gender is inherent or constructed, the meaning of suffering, body image, end of life questions, and how to live as whole people in a fractured world.

Gregg R. Allison (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is a professor of Christian theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author of many books, including 50 Core Truths of the Christian Faith, The Baker Compact Dictionary of Theological Terms, Historical Theology: An Introduction to Christian Doctrine, Sojourners and Strangers: The Doctrine of the Church, and (with Andreas Köstenberger) The Holy Spirit. He serves as secretary of the Evangelical Theological Society and is a book review editor for the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society.

SOURCE Baker Publishing Group

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