Editors note: the following book review appears in the Fall 2022 issue of Eikon. Mark A. Yarhouse and Julia A. Sadusky. Gender Identity and Faith: Clinical Postures, Tools, and Case Studies for Client-Centered Care. Downer’s Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2022. Introduction The intersection of gender identity struggles, pastoral care, and counseling methodology is a Gordian...

Editors note: the following book review appears in the Fall 2022 issue of Eikon. Gregg R.Allison. Embodied: Living as Whole People in a Fractured World. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2021. The human body can be a neglected aspect of our Christian theology, but it is at the center of current cultural attention. We acknowledge that...

Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Fall 2022 issue of Eikon. I wrote the first draft of the Danvers Statement (1987). Thirty years later, I gave input on the final draft of the Nashville Statement (2017). The former was foundational for the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood; the latter expresses the Council’s...

Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Fall 2022 issue of Eikon. What will you do when a detransitioner comes to your church? With more young Americans identifying as transgender, easy access to cross-sex hormones, and insurance coverage for gender reassignment surgery, the number who have transitioned[1] has exploded. In 2013, the American Psychiatric Association...

Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Fall 2022 issue of Eikon. I did not originate the title of this article. The Eikon editors initially asked if I would be willing to write about how and why my thinking had changed about the Nashville Statement. But in service to greater accuracy, it would be...

Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Fall 2022 issue of Eikon. It seldom happens that theological statements make the news in a secular country such as the Netherlands. However, in the first week of 2019 this is what happened. The Dutch translation of the Nashville Statement set off a metaphorical bomb — the...