Christian Faith and Gender Identity: An OtherWise Reflection Guide
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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.
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Christian Faith and Gender Identity - Mx Chris Paige
Christian Faith and Gender Identity
An OtherWise Reflection Guide
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Mx Chris Paige
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Copyright © 2019 Chris Paige
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First edition November 2019
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ISBN: 978-1-951124-06-9 (Paperback)
ISBN: 978-1-951124-08-3 (Kindle)
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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