Love Thy Body

As far as books on human sexuality and abortion, etc., this book is the most comprehensive. Because of its breadth, its argumentation only goes somewhat deep in some areas, and other areas it is more assertions based on extrapolation or storytelling. The areas where Nancy Pearcey does go deeper, she is thought-provoking, and where she extrapolates or tells stories, it will depend on your point of view how you will respond to it.

Although I generally share Nancy's views, I found myself trying to imagine a reader who does not agree with this perspective and how they might react. I think someone who is willing to listen / read opposing views will find something they can appreciate; however, most people who hold an opposing view will be deeply offended by the contents of this book. The audience who will be most benefitted are bible-based Christians who want to think deeper on abortion and human sexuality et. al.

Nancy does call the church to account on several matters through out this book - which I think is important. It is easy to claim moral high ground without recognizing our own weaknesses, and often the church becomes so insulated / peer pressure-based in their thinking that they are no longer able to adequately interact properly outside of their view.

There were parts I really appreciated about this book. For example, I had never thought about people born without a discernible gender, and I enjoyed the blend of a biblical basis with extra-biblical polemics interspersed.

Nancy Pearcey did rely heavily on the upper story / lower story analogy in her book, and that seemed to be overdone. Pearcey also added an interesting mix of Rod Dreher's soft totalitarianism fears (who she quotes more than once). It was not totally out of place, but I'm not sure it was a good mix.