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    Christian Faith and Gender Identity: An OtherWise Reflection Guide
    Christian Faith and Gender Identity: An OtherWise Reflection Guide
    Christian Faith and Gender Identity: An OtherWise Reflection Guide
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    Christian Faith and Gender Identity: An OtherWise Reflection Guide

    By Mx Chris Paige

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    This 7-day devotional from the author of OtherWise Christian: A Guidebook for Transgender Liberation provides a gentle introduction to concepts around gender identity for transgender, intersex, and OtherWise-gendered Christians as well as those who love us. This affirming guide explores questions of gender identity by exploring seven passages of scripture (Genesis, Exodus, Matthew, Acts, and Galatians) while inviting the reader to reflect on their own experience.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOtherWise Engaged Publishing
    Release dateNov 1, 2019
    ISBN9781951124076
    Christian Faith and Gender Identity: An OtherWise Reflection Guide

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      Christian Faith and Gender Identity - Mx Chris Paige

      Christian Faith and Gender Identity

      An OtherWise Reflection Guide

      ––––––––

      Mx Chris Paige

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      OtherWise Engaged Publishing

      Copyright © 2019 Chris Paige

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form by any means whatsoever without express written permission from the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Please refer all pertinent questions to the publisher.

      First edition November 2019

      Cover by Chris Paige

      Cover image courtesy of Canva.com

      ISBN: 978-1-951124-06-9 (Paperback)

      ISBN: 978-1-951124-08-3 (Kindle)

      eISBN: 978-1-951124-07-6

      Audio ISBN: 978-1-951124-09-0 

      Published by OtherWise Engaged Publishing

      http://otherwiseengaged4u.wordpress.com

      Visit http://www.otherwisechristian.com

      Table of Contents

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      Introduction

      Abbreviations

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      Chapter 1: Who Are You? (Exodus 3:14)

      Chapter 2: The Image of God (Genesis 1:27)

      Chapter 3: Rebecca’s Question (Genesis 25:22)

      Chapter 4: Joseph’s Robe (Genesis 37:3)

      Chapter 5: Jesus and the Eunuchs (Matthew 19:12)

      Chapter 6: An Ethiopian Eunuch Traveler (Acts 8:27)

      Chapter 7: Freedom in Christ (Galatians 3:28)

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      Afterword: Your Testimony (John 3:11)

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      Appendix: Psalms for the Journey

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      Acknowledgements

      Additional Resources

      About the Author: Mx Chris Paige

      Praise for OtherWise Christian

      OtherWise Engaged Publishing

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      Abbreviations

      NIV   New International Version

      NRSV  New Revised Standard Version

      Introduction

      I often say that OtherWise Christian: A Guidebook for Transgender Liberation is the book that I wish I had had when I first started exploring my gender identity in my late twenties. However, I also wonder if I would have needed to start with a more gentle introduction—something written with less concern about scholarship and the big picture, something that would start by helping me reflect on my own experience. This booklet is an attempt to fill that gap.

      The author is a non-binary, transgender, OtherWise-identified person of European descent and Christian up-bringing in the United States, who has worked in and around transgender communities for more than 20 years. Nearly every perspective that I present here has been gleaned from others who have shared from their own generosity. I am writing Christian Faith and Gender Identity in the hopes that others will follow in our wake, sharing their own insights (with me and with one another).

      The seven main chapters of Christian Faith and Gender Identity were originally written as a seven-day devotional series for Our Bible App and can still be found there. I am grateful for Crystal Cheatham’s invitation to write. This edition is an expanded version, including an afterword, definitions, an appendix of related modern-day psalms, and ample space for you to make notes.

      In that first launch, I got the

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