The Hidden Truth About Loving Your Body: Secular Denigration Vs. Christian Celebration With Nancy Pearcey(IFS #481)

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Nancy Pearcey discusses the secular worldview's devaluation of the body and its implications for contemporary debates on gender and identity.

Most culture wars are fought over the body — but what if we’ve been looking at it all wrong? Spotlight hosts David Smith and Alyssa Sonnenbrg listen as Professor Nancy Pearcy exposes the deep roots of the secular worldview that devalues the body, from transgenderism to abortion and environmentalism. In this eye-opening episode, you’ll discover how the secular ethic views the body as insignificant and how this mindset fuels today’s most urgent debates about gender and identity.… Continue Reading

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Hosts: David Smith, Alyssa Sonnenbrg

Guest: Nancy Pearcey

Topics covered

• body image
• secular worldview
• Christian perspective
• gender identity
• culture wars

Keywords

• body
• secularism
• Christianity
• transgenderism
• abortion
• environmentalism
• identity

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