Beyond Shame
Creating a Healthy Sex Life on Your Own Terms

I've never before read a book about sexual ethics that took my identities as a queer Christian as a matter of course--something obvious that didn't need justification. In Beyond Shame, Roberts eases us through the deconstruction of the sex-related shame that so many have grown up with, but he doesn'......more

The author is a gay man raised in an oppressive evangelical home. His discussion of sexuality is based upon solid science and study. HIs perspective, from his background, is particularly helpful for people with such an upbringing. Because most of America shares a similar shaming and sex negative att......more

I was disappointed in this book. It felt more like sitting down together during Happy Hour listening to conversations and opinions about sex rather than a book that delved deep into underlying exploration of shame and how to move toward shamelessness. Other than normalizing sexual behaviors, I think......more

Solid exploration of creating a sexual ethic. Written from a gay Christian perspective, I found the book to excel in the latter half of the book when walking through the psychological components of sex, shame, vulnerability, and connection.......more

I'm torn between giving the book 2 or 3 stars. I might go back and change my rating later. We'll see. I read this for a bookclub I'm in, and likely would not have picked it up on my own. But if being an English major taught me anything, it's that reading works that don't seem interesting at first ma......more