The Strange New World of Gender: The Gender Revolution and the Bible

This talk practises the art of ‘double-listening’ as we relate the Bible to the world around us. We examine the strange new world of gender fluidity, gender self-identification, and gender transition from a cultural and medical perspective, attend to the experience of gender-diverse individuals and ‘de-transitioners’, and explore a biblical perspective on gender, sex, identity, and our physical bodies. This provides the platform for exploring some practical issues such as how to help children and young people navigate this confusing new world; how to address the claim that Christianity is ‘transphobic’; how to respond to requests to supply your own, or to use someone else’s, ‘personal pronouns’; and how to promote constructive conversations on these issues with individuals and in society.