Love Thy Body
Nancy R. Pearcey 
<p>Why the Call to&nbsp;<span>Love Thy Body?&nbsp;</span><span>&nbsp; To&nbsp;counter the hostility toward the human body and biological facts of life driving many of today's headline stories. Many people absorb pre-packaged media mantras on watershed moral issues without being aware of their hurtful real-world implications. Consider: </span></p><ul><li>Transgenderism:<span>&nbsp;</span><span>Activists detach gender from biology. Kids down to kindergarten are being taught their body is irrelevant to their authentic self. Is this affirming--or does it demean the body?</span></li><li>Homosexuality:&nbsp;<span>Advocates disconnect sexuality from being biologically male or female. Is this liberating--or does it denigrate who we really are?</span></li><li>Abortion:<span>&nbsp;Supporters admit that pre-born babies are human, but deny that they are persons worthy of legal protection. Does this lead to equality for women--or does it threaten the intrinsic dignity of all humans?</span></li><li>Hookup Culture:<span>&nbsp;On campus, in Hollywood, and in the boardroom, the sexual revolution was supposed to liberate us for recreational sex. But has it really led to schizoid sex and bodies without meaning?</span></li></ul><p><span>In&nbsp;</span><span>Love Thy Body</span><span>, best-selling author Nancy Pearcey&nbsp;goes beyond politically correct talking points to offer a riveting exposé of the dehumanizing secularist ethos that shapes critical moral and socio-political issues of our day. Formerly an agnostic, Pearcey was hailed in&nbsp;</span><span>The Economist</span>&nbsp;<span>as"America's preeminent evangelical Protestant female intellectual." Fearlessly and with compassion, she makes the case that secularism denigrates the body and destroys the basis for human rights. &nbsp; Throughout,&nbsp;Pearcey sets forth a holistic and humane alternative availableto all--one that offers reality</span>-<span>oriented solutions that embrace the dignity of the human body and provide a sustainable basis for inalienable human rights. &nbsp; Now, more than ever, we need to learn to "love thy body."</span></p>