What can Christians on the right and left continue to learn about the experience and discipleship of trans people?

Today we’ll be looking into some of the tough questions of transgender anthropology and pastoral care. But instead of debating directly over the cultural questions (Should we use preferred pronouns? What is just legislation? How do we talk to kids?), we concentrate on how to care for people.

How do we affirm the flawed gifts of the human body, while engaging its most painful experiences? 

Our guests today are Dr. Abigail Favale and Pieter Valk.

Abby is a writer and professor in the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame. She has an academic background in gender studies and feminist literary criticism, and now writes and teaches on topics related to women and gender from a Catholic perspective. Her latest book is The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory.

Pieter is a sought-after author and speaker on discernment, vocational singleness, and LGBT+ topics. Pieter is also the Founder and Director of Equip, the leading coaching and training solution for theologically-traditional churches aspiring to be places where LGBT+ people thrive according to God’s wisdom. He is also a teacher and diaconate explorer in the Anglican Church in North America.

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