See Me Naked: Stories of Sexual Exile in American Christianity

By: Amy Frykholm

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Synopsis: See Me Naked takes us deep into the complex, intimate intersection of sexuality and spirituality. Telling the stories of nine ordinary people and the religious worlds they were raised in, Amy Frykholm takes us beyond the shockingly regular headlines of sexual scandal in the church to ask how Christian cultures in America affect our sexuality. A man named Matthew shows the intricate relation between his religious faith and his sexual addiction; another man defines religion as a wall that kept him from the discovery that he was gay, while a young woman uses sex to defy her devout parents. Many of these stories diagnose a troubled culture of religion and sex, but Frykholm's point is not to indict Christianity. Instead the book points toward how American Christians might make better use of their tradition to heal the divide between religion and sexuality. Nearly everyone interviewed for the book remains a Christian, yet each has undergone significant transformation to reach reconciliation.