Emerging Gender Identities offers a measured Christian response to gender identity, transgender experiences, and the diverse gender identities that are being embraced by an increasing number of adolescents.  
  
"A much-needed book. Mark and Julia have spent countless hours listening to and loving the very people they're writing about. They have helped us see that this topic is not just about issues; it's about people."  
--__Preston Sprinkle__, author of Embodied: Transgender Identities, the Church, and What the Bible Has to Say  
  
"This book is a page-turner. Why? It takes the important topic of gender identities and treats it with courage, truthfulness, and respect. Yarhouse and Sadusky challenge men and women of faith who work with children, young adults, and others who are experiencing gender identity issues to seriously grapple with the complexities so that they will be known as people who tackle difficult problems in such a way that the people of God will feel beloved."  
--__Shirley V. Hoogstra__, president, Council for Christian Colleges &amp; Universities  
  
"This book will be a gift to pastors, youth pastors, parents, and friends of transgender and gender expansive individuals. My only disappointment is that I've only read the book once, so far!"  
--__Jenell Paris__, Messiah College  
  
"This book is a treasure that I have been awaiting for years. It is a faithful guide for anyone who wants to navigate the tangled forest of emerging gender identities and find there the rays of sunshine that help us to see with the eyes of Christ."  
--__Fr. Boniface Hicks__, OSB, Institute for Ministry Formation, Saint Vincent Seminary  
  
"A welcome resource and a much-needed tool for ministering to today's youth. I wish every youth pastor, children's pastor, senior pastor, student-ministry volunteer, and parent could read this book."  
--__Caleb Kaltenbach__, pastor and author of Messy Grace  
  
"We are faced with a dizzying ongoing evolution in cultural understanding of and recommended responses to a kaleidoscope of emerging gender identities. This book offers richly informed and thoughtful Christian analysis of these phenomena, along with compassionate and challenging recommendations for ministry."  
--__Stanton L. Jones__, Wheaton College (emeritus); coauthor of the God's Design for Sex family sex-education book series  
   
"Yarhouse and Sadusky are unafraid of exploring the overlap of Christianity, psychology, and cultures, and equally unafraid of reaching out in peace. I admire such a version of Christianity. I have read every page of this book. I disagree with the authors' concept of suffering, but that is a minor point. I found myself nodding my head in agreement over and over. I endorse this book for ministers, parents, and gender-exploring youth."  
--__Caryn LeMur__, a male-to-female transsexual and a follower of the words and life of Jesus

__Mark Yarhouse__ (PsyD, Wheaton College), a licensed clinical psychologist, is the Dr. Arthur P. Rech and Mrs. Jean May Rech Chair of Psychology in the School of Psychology, Counseling, and Family Therapy at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, where he leads the Sexual &amp; Gender Identity Institute. Yarhouse has authored or coauthored several books, including the well-received Understanding Gender Dysphoria.  
 __Julia Sadusky__ (PsyD, Regent University) works as a clinical psychologist in Denver, Colorado. She also serves as a youth and ministry educator, offering trainings and consultations on the intersection of sexuality, gender, and theology. Her research experiences and clinical training have focused on the study of sexual and gender identity, including providing individual, family, couples, and group therapy for those navigating sexual- and gender-identity concerns. She is an advisor for the Center for Faith, Sexuality &amp; Gender.

"This inviting text provides a useful framework for Christians to use in approaching what can be difficult conversations around gender identity."--__Publishers Weekly__   
This book offers a measured Christian response to the diverse gender identities that are being embraced by an increasing number of adolescents. Mark Yarhouse and Julia Sadusky offer an honest, scientifically informed, compassionate, and nuanced treatment for all readers who care about or work with gender-diverse youth: pastors, church leaders, parents, family members, youth workers, and counselors.  
  
Yarhouse and Sadusky help readers distinguish between current mental health concerns, such as gender dysphoria, and the emerging gender identities that some young people turn to for a sense of identity and community. Based on the authors' significant clinical and ministry experience, this book casts a vision for practically engaging and ministering to teens navigating diverse gender-identity concerns. It also equips readers to critically engage gender theory based on a Christian view of sex and gender.

Based on the authors' significant clinical and ministry experience, this book offers a measured Christian response to the diverse gender identities that are being embraced by an increasing number of adolescents.

__Contents__   
__Part 1: Making Important Distinctions__ 1. The Transgender Experience and Emerging Gender Identities  
2. How Language and Categories Shape Gender Identities  
3. Controversies in Care  
__Part 2: Seeing the Person__ 4. Foundations for Relationship  
5. Locating Your Area of Engagement  
6. Locating the Person: A Relational-Narrative Approach 7. Engaging Youth: Looking beneath the Surface 8. Ministry Structures for Youth  
9. Recovering a Hermeneutic of Christian Hope

Yarhouse, Mark ;Sadusky, Julia

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"This inviting text provides a useful framework for Christians to use in approaching what can be difficult conversations around gender identity."--Publishers Weekly  
  
This book offers a measured Christian response to the diverse gender identities that are being embraced by an increasing number of adolescents. Mark Yarhouse and Julia Sadusky offer an honest, scientifically informed, compassionate, and nuanced treatment for all readers who care about or work with gender-diverse youth: pastors, church leaders, parents, family members, youth workers, and counselors.  
  
Yarhouse and Sadusky help readers distinguish between current mental health concerns, such as gender dysphoria, and the emerging gender identities that some young people turn to for a sense of identity and community. Based on the authors' significant clinical and ministry experience, this book casts a vision for practically engaging and ministering to teens navigating diverse gender-identity concerns. It also equips readers to critically engage gender theory based on a Christian view of sex and gender.

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