Theology of His Body / Theology of Her Body: Discovering the Strength and Mission of Masculinity/Discovering the Beauty and Mystery of Femininity

by Jason Evert

Theology of Her Body and Theology of His Body will feed your teens with liberating answers to their most pressing questions about love and sexuality. These books offer solid, relevant teachings in a language teens understand. But more than just presenting the truth itself, they deliver the tools teens need to achieve the greatness for which they were created. This book comes at a critical time, because tragically, many teens have forgotten their calling, or worse, have never heard it. As a result, they don t know who they are or who and what they are meant to be for one another. This means they often resort to using instead of authentically loving others and themselves. Theology of Her Body and Theology of His Body are two books in one. Teens are encouraged to not only learn the truth about their own body, but also to discover the beauty of the opposite sex, for it is in seeing the complementarity of the two sexes that one discovers the real meaning of his or her own body. This is the perfect companion to the Theology of the Body for Teens program, and is also ideal for teens new to the Theology of the Body. One thing is anyone who reads this book will never look at his/her body, or anybody, in the same way again. this is a unique flip book where you have TOB for His Body on the cover, then you flip it over and it is TOB for Her Body, so 2 in 1.

Genres: Catholic, Faith, Nonfiction, Christian, Theology, Spirituality, Religion

112 pages, Paperback

First published January 12, 2009

About the author

Jason Evert has spoken on five continents to more than one million people about the virtue of chastity.

Jason earned a master’s degree in Theology, and undergraduate degrees in Counseling and Theology, with a minor in Philosophy at Franciscan University of Steubenville. He is a frequent guest on radio programs throughout the country, and his television appearances include Fox News, MSNBC, the BBC, and EWTN.

After speaking solo for several years, he teamed up with Crystalina, and the two married in 2003.

Reviews

[booklady · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the book I’d like to put in the hands of every young person—male or female. Tantalizingly, feminine and masculine theologies are presented on reverse sides of the book, so that you really end up with two books in one. Of course curiosity about the opposite sex being what it is, the author hoped men and women would be just as interested in the information about the opposite gender as they were in their own.

Jason Evert’s Theology of His/Her Body does a beautiful job of explaining the two very different functions of men and women. It is the male’s responsibility to serve and sacrifice for the female and his role to initiate the gift of love and life. In these actions, the male imitates his Creator as our Warrior, King, Bridegroom and Father. The female on the other hand is a mystery to be revealed, a relationship to be pursued and a beauty to be unveiled. Women have value as daughters of the One True God, created in His image and not because of the clothes they wear or do not wear. I have seldom read feminine worth so poignantly explained as I have here; would that every young girl could know her true treasure.

We are reminded that just as, ‘It is the glory of God to conceal a matter...’ ~Proverbs 25.2 so it is also the proper attitude of a woman who knows her value to veil her mystery.

It would be worth buying this book and giving it to a young person even in the hope (s)he might read it.

[Thadeus · Rating 5 out of 5]

I purchased this to give to my teenage daughter. I feel like Jason Evert has done a great job of distilling a whole lot of the message of Pope St. John Paul II as to what it means to be made in the image of God.
My prayer is that its message is received by my daughter and that it is shared and reaches more and more of her peers, as they strive to grow in closeness to God and to live fully alive in their femininity and masculinity. May her generation make use of this teaching turn the tide toward healthy relationships.

Recommended highly for teens on up!

[Erik · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good, reality-based approach for young adults. It is aimed probably best at teens at least 14 years old. Definitely aligns with all I know about the Theology of the Body.

[Yenny · Rating 5 out of 5]

A simple book about Theology of The Body. Need to lend this book to everyone around me: it's filled with truth that sets me from the lies told by people and me to myself through out my life. This encourages me to pick up TOB book by Christopher West.

[GallucciCat05 · Rating 1 out of 5]

I find it interesting how Evert writes about women despite clearly knowing nothing about them. This book has underlying themes of Christian Fundamentalism, though it is not the book's primary feature. His statement was very minimal on lesbianism, and I'm sure it's because in his mind lesbians only exist for the male gaze (obviously). Traditional habits are not embedded in biology-- the whole men are hunters thing is so stupid. Recent archaeological findings would heavily suggest that women were the primary hunters, so take that Jason Evert. Anyways, this book sucks. As a female I can tell you that you will not understand the truth of the female body through this book, and this book will not help you find the clitoris. Refer to a diagram instead :)

[Atlantis · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was just an okay read but I gave it 3 stars for effort. I admire the author's attempt at helping adolescents connect with their spiritual side and also how important it is to develop a relationship with God. However, I think the book falls a little short on practical advice and relies heavily on some flowery passages from the bible that might be over the heads of many adolescents. I do plan on letting my children read it but I will be following them closely. I even wrote in the margins and overused my pink highlighter....

[Rena · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing outlook on how we should view ourselves. This book has completely changed the way I look at people and I highly recommend that everyone reads this book. It is short and simple, but packs a huge message. We all need to live in love and stop hurting each other. If only everyone in the world viewed each other like this. We would never see pain in relationships again.

[Christian · Rating 3 out of 5]

As a Reformed Presbyterian, I had a little struggle reading between the Catholicism to find the meat. But the author does have a lot of valuable analysis/insight for both young men and young women about relationships and purity.

[Craig · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was small, but it packed a big punch. I could do with re-reading this from time to time.

[Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found these good [Theology of HER Body, and flipping over, Theology of HIS Body. These are considerably written down and simplified follow-ups to John Paul II's great work on Man and Woman ..., Theology of the Body. I found the traditional ways of putting the differences between men and women strange on occasion. But then I reflected, I had gotten culturally conditioned by modernity.

These would be hard for modern teenagers to understand, but then agan, that is the issue. The new culture which is hypersexualized demands that teenagers who want to control their sex drive have to stand against the predominant culture.

[Mandy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this as I continue my in depth study if TOB and search for materials for my students. Unfortunately, the simplified language simplifies the theology so much as to make it a list of superficial rules which will doubtlessly result in revolt. Rather than leading us into the future with full fascination of our bodies as JPIi intended, it reads as an attempt to bring back stereotypical gender roles. Without the scriptural support provided by St. John Paul II there is little to inspire youth to live the beauty of the TOB.

[Chelsea · Rating 5 out of 5]

Although I am married, I really appreciated everything this book discussed! I enjoyed and read Theology of the Body-based books in high school, but still learned new things with the lady’s side. What really impressed me, though, was the men’s side. I had only ever read or heard the female side, so this was very refreshing and eye-opening! I have more appreciation for my husband, and it gave me a piece of mind for raising two boys in today’s culture.

[Damaris Zepeda]

Si no sabes absolutamente nada de Teología del cuerpo, este libro es para ti. Abarca el tema de manera general pero dando destellos de algunos temas que se tocan en la Teología del cuerpo. Sobre todo, me gusta que se tenga una parte para mujeres y otra para hombres (yo recomiendo leer ambas, es aun mas enriquecedor). Es corto, sencillo, pero logra transmitir la realidad de la sexualidad, del amor, de la feminidad, masculinidad y de como Dios tiene que ver con todo esto.

[María · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excelente libro! Creo que todos deberíamos leerlo y verdaderamente estudiar todo lo que contiene, pues es información que manifiesta no sólo la postura de la Iglesia católica frente a la masculinidad y la feminidad (la cual es hermosa, por cierto) sino que también nos hace comprender la misión de hombres y mujeres, independientemente de nuestra religión.

[April · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must read if you want to understand sexuality!

I learned some new points in this book aimed at young adults, probably 14 to 24, which I'm passing on to those in my guidance. I'm also putting this book in their hands!

[KieraK · Rating 3 out of 5]

Written for a teenager, but pretty surface oriented. I needed a review on the theology so I guess it was a place to start.

[Nicole Rodgers · Rating 5 out of 5]

All. The. Praise. Hands. 🙌🏼🙌🏼💯

[Željko Filipin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting book about love and sexuality. I'm not sure how much sense would it make to me if I've read it as a teenager.

[Kylie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I recommend this book to everyone! Especially young people! One of the most valuable books I own.

[Ricardo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quick read. Very interesting.

[Trista · Rating 3 out of 5]

I can't help but think that if I'd read this when I was a teenager, or at least before "TOB for Beginners" by Chris West, I would have given it 4 or 5 stars.
I do feel that it could have gone a little softer on the repetition of the same ideas and the same scriptures, and a little heavier on the practical application, but that's just me. Of course, it's only about 85 pages, so that may be asking a bit much.
At some point, I'll probably end up feeling bad because I love the Everts, and upping it by a star, so there's that :P

[Teresa Bradshaw rodenbaugh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Easy and short I love this book for how it puts the modesty God calls us to into a simple language that is easy to understand. I have given it as a gift to young adults and I'm also having my teenage boys read it in hopes that they will understand our bodies are beautiful and our sexuality is a gift to be cherished.

[Princess Scarlett · Rating 5 out of 5]

One finds it very easy to Digest yet quite rich considering the thickness of the book. Jason's style of writing or getting the message across has never failed to make one laughs, keep the subject light yet really get the message across.

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book.

[Benjamin Jozef de Leon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excited to read this book! *giddy*

[Jacob Watson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good introduction and insight on theology of the body.