Just as the physical world is linked with deeper spiritual realities, sex and God are intimately connected. But how? With unusual beauty and insight, Bell addresses this intriguing question to help you better understand that we can't talk about ourselves as sexual beings without asking who made us that way. An enlightening exploration of sexuality and spirituality.

God and sex go together. You can’t separate the two, says Rob Bell, because this physical world is intimately linked to deeper spiritual realities. And so, in order to make sense of sexuality, at some point you have to talk about God. With beauty and unusual insight, Sex God explores this connection.

Bell raises the bar with this evocative follow-up to last year's bestseller Velvet Elvis. "Is sex a picture of heaven?" he wonders. It's all about God and sex and heaven, he says: "...they're connected. And they can't be separated. Where the one is you will always find the other." Bell's book isn't a sex manual, an exploration of the differences between men and women or a marriage how-to, though all of that is here. Instead, it's the story of God becoming human, of humans mirroring God and love made manifest in the chaos of our humanity. Sex God is about relationships revealed in a way that elevates the human condition and offers hope to those whose relationships are wounded. In Bell's spare, somewhat oblique style, he addresses lust, respect, denial, risk, acceptance and more. His love for God and the Bible is clear, as is his ability to ask probing questions and offer answers that make readers think deeply about their own lives. He does a fine job using the Bible and real life to show that our physical relationships are really about spiritual relationships. This book joyfully ties, and then tightens, the knot between God and humankind. (Mar.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

This is THE BOOK WE ALL NEED TO READ right now about God and Sex -- because I can guarantee you that it's unlike any other American book you'll read about the convergence of those two subjects. Rob Bell, pastor of one of the U.S.'s largest and most innovative churches, stands on the cutting edge of an evangelical movement that seeks to move past the stalemated, dead-end debates over church laws concerning human sexuality.

In "Sex God," Rob steps back several giant steps from his vantage point in his best-selling "Velvet Elvis," and he takes a fresh look at the spirituality of human sexuality.

His tour through these subjects that have perplexed and polarized so many religious groups takes us to unlikely vantage points, including even the Holocaust.

The book moves us like a pilgrimage through the human body and spirit with a fresh prayer at our backs for reconciliation, healing and -- yes -- even joy!

"Bell raises the bar with this evocative follow-up to last year’s bestseller Velvet Elvis….Bell’s book isn’t a sex manual, an exploration of the differences between men and women, or a marriage how-to, though all of that is here. Instead, it’s the story of God becoming human, of humans mirroring God, and love made manifest in the messiness of our humanity. Sex God is about relationships revealed in a way that elevates the human condition and offers hope to those whose relationships are wounded. In Bell’s spare, somewhat oblique style, he addresses lust, respect, denial, risk, acceptance, and more. His love for God and the Bible is clear, as is his ability to ask probing questions and offer answers that make readers think deeply about their own lives. He does a fine job using the Bible and real life to show that our physical relationships are really about spiritual relationships. This book joyfully ties, and then tightens, the knot between God and humankind. — Publishers Weekly

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