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By introducing transgender issues and language and providing stories of both biblical characters and real-life narratives from transgender Christians living today, Hartke helps readers visualize a more inclusive Christianity, equipping them with the confidence and tools to change both the church and the world. Provides access into an underrepresented and misunderstood community and will change the way readers think about transgender people, faith, and the future of Christianity. Transforming: The Bible and the Lives of Transgender Christians

You are encouraged to find a copy of this book so that you can read along. Into this void, Austen Hartke offers a biblically based, educational, and affirming resource to shed light and wisdom on this modern gender landscape. Throughout this course, we will be referencing Austen Hartkes book Transforming.

Years later, many people-even many LGBTQ allies-still lack understanding of gender identity and the transgender experience. Hartke helps readers visualize a more inclusive Christianity, equipping them with the language, understanding, confidence, and tools to change both the church and the world.Magazine announced that America had reached "the transgender tipping point," suggesting that transgender issues would become the next civil rights frontier. Transforming deftly weaves ancient and modern stories that will change the way readers think about gender, the Bible, and the faith to which Jesus calls us. This new edition offers updated terminology and statistics, plus new materials for congregational study, preaching, and pastoral care. Into this void, trans biblical scholar Austen Hartke brings a biblically based, educational, and affirming resource to shed light and wisdom on gender expansiveness and Christian theology. Years later, many people-even many LGBTQIA+ allies-still lack understanding of gender identity and the transgender experience. In 2014, Time magazine announced that America had reached "the transgender tipping point," suggesting that transgender issues would become the next civil rights frontier. Austen Hartke's groundbreaking, best-selling book is now updated and expanded with new insights and terminology, plus new materials for study groups, preaching, and pastoral care.