Divine Sex: A Compelling Vision for Christian Relationships in a Hypersexualized Age

Attempting to reframe the Christian view of sex, Grant aims to “challenge our culture’s worship of sexual desire and personal fulfillment” and offers in its place “a different vision of human flourishing.” Grant defines this vision against the collective Christian understanding of sex that seeks to redeem desire through discipleship. However, after giving a shallow critique of culture, Grant hardly presents an irresistible outlook on divine sex. While he provides some cogent criticisms of culture and keen insights on the need for a reinvented Christian discipleship, Grant’s analysis toes the traditional conservative/Protestant line alongside cherry-picked sexual quotations from great thinkers and cultural references, masquerading as ethnography. Grant attempts to reorient the entirety of Christian missions and ministry around the ideals of sexuality and desire, but he doesn’t quite seem to know what to do with his wide-ranging critique. In the end, he proves better at tearing down than building up, offering no clear pathway for redeeming desire and sexuality in the context of Christian sexual and social relationships. (July)