Beverly Dale
Author, Public Theologian,
and Founder of the
Incarnation Institute for Sex & Faith
Newest book now available!
“In Who Told You That You Were Naked, Rev. Dr. Beverly Dale makes radically important moves. She refuses the binaries which are the result of a dominant, distorted, colonized, and colonizing Christianity. Mind, body, and spirit are inextricably woven and celebrated for the bodacious, sacred, healing gift they are. Liberated and embodied theology and biblical interpretation are seamlessly connected to spiritual reflection and practice. Truthtelling about violence and abuse is knitted with healing practices which claim desire and pleasure. And all of it is done in the name of the Creating, Incarnated, Breathing God of healing, justice, and love. I can't wait to share this with my parishioners, students, and colleagues.”
– Rev. Dr. Rebecca Voelkel, Pastor for Justice Ministries and Director of the Center for Sustainable Justice at Lyndale UCC; author of Carnal Knowledge of God.
Pleasure Church
Is your faith pleasure-centered? For most Christians that would be an oxymoron. And that is why Rev Bev has implemented sessions of Pleasure Church, an online community that seeks to connect the Jesus principle of John 10:10, "I come to give you life in all its abundance" to our own sensual and sexual bodies. This requires of course removing the vestiges of the toxic teachings of the Empire Church that are body shame, sexual guilt, and fear of judgment and punishment. (Don't worry none of that came from Jesus anyway.) That is the mission of Pleasure Church. (No, it is not worship nor is this therapy. This is a community that aims at reclaiming the body of Jesus for our faith and in so doing, reclaiming our own!)
Pleasure church announcements are forthcoming. Let us know of your interest.
In the meantime however, start your own healing by reading my book, "Who Told You That You Were Naked? Meditation on the Sexual Body."
BLOGS
Flourishing in the Public Square
Flourishing in the body; One Bible Verse at a Time
Building our community as a source of pleasure...& resistance. Writings and observations on political and social events through a pleasure-centered lens.
These writings and videos will encourage us all to focus on body justice for all bodies. Subscriptions are free but paid ones help me to expand this crucial sex & faith work! Thanks!
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"I find it truly baffling that the religious faith that teaches God became flesh has such a difficult time with the flesh!”
—Reverend Beverly Dale
