Adam Shields

Summary: Sexual identity is not the same as full identity, so we need to define ourselves as a person, not a sexual identity.

When I started The End of Sexual Identity, the Louie Giglio issue has not yet come up.  But I do think that Paris’ book is a good place to start for people that are uncomfortable with the orthodox Christian response to homosexuality and/or not ready to reject same-sex sex as a sin.

Jenell Williams Paris is an anthropologist.  So she starts by approaching sexual identity as a cultural construction.  That may seem overly academic, but she writes clearly and gives good examples so that even if you do not have a background in sociology or anthropology her argument is understandable.

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Summary: Three intertwining story lines in a rural Kentucky community

After reading Poisonwood Bible and Flight Behavior at the end of last year I still wanted more Barbara Kingsolver.  I really do think she is one of the best living novelist and I wanted more.  So I picked up Prodigal Summer because it was on sale for $2.99 on kindle. (Back down to that price)

My wife and I read it together around the time it originally came out.  Of the books I have read by Kingsolver it is the lightest.  Kingsolver likes to deal with heavy subjects.

The main themes of this book are still heavy, the evolutionary process, what it means to survive when it requires others to die to support us, finding a new place as the world changes around you, etc.  But it also is the most traditional romantic story of the Kingsolver books I have read.

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