“Reenvisioning Sexual Ethics: A Feminist Christian Account”
by Karen Peterson-Iyer
Georgetown University Press, 2022, 200 pages

At A Glance: “Reenvisioning Sexual Ethics” redefines Christian sexual ethics through a feminist & queer lens, affirming agency, joy, and dignity as central to moral and inclusive sexual relationships.

Overview: “Reenvisioning Sexual Ethics: A Feminist Christian Account” offers a transformative theological and ethical approach to contemporary sexual issues by grounding them in feminist Christian anthropology. Karen Peterson-Iyer invites readers—especially college-aged and younger adults—to move beyond traditional binaries like chastity versus consent, and instead consider sexual ethics rooted in agency, mutual joy, and wholeness.

Through the lens of four case studies—hookup culture, sexting, sex work, and sex trafficking—this book interrogates the social forces that shape modern sexual practices, offering a more compassionate, justice-oriented framework.

By affirming the inherent dignity of all people as beloved by God, it challenges hypersexualized norms and provides a powerful invitation to reclaim sexual integrity within a 2SLGBTQIA+ affirming Christian vision.

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