Contains articles from diverse disciplines about issues often discussed in church: Introduction: Beyond Polarization / Priscilla Pope-Levison and John R. (Jack) Levison: Ideology and Experience in the Greek 'Life of Adam and Eve' / John R. (Jack) Levison: Weaving the Sermon: The Wife of Baths Preaching Body in the 'Canterbury Tales' / Mikee C. Delony: Separate Spheres and Complementarianism in American Christianity: A Century's Perspective / Priscilla Pope-Levison: Conversations and Intersections: A Third-Wave Feminist Approach to Gender, Christianity, and Theology / Caryn D. Riswold: In Defense of 'The Bell Jar': Exploring Vocation, Sexuality, and Gender / Theresa J. FitzPatrick: Multiplying Masculinities: An Overview of Contemporary Theories of Masculinity / David G. Allen: Discipleship and Identity: A Theological Consideration of Race, Gender, and the Human Situation / Brian Bantum: Is This the New Girl Order?: Representations of Post-Feminist Identities in 'Sex and the City' / Allyson Jule: (Theology of the) Body Language: Christopher West as Harlequin 2.0 / Karen Trimble Alliaume: Toward the Ideal of Companionate Marriage in the Plays of William Shakespeare / James G. Dixon III: Beloved Sex: Healing Shame and Restoring the Sacred in Sexuality / Tina Schermer Sellers: Impossible Promises and Broken Hearts: Sexuality and Spirituality in Campus Culture / Antonios Finitsis.