The Embrace of Eros discusses how eros and sexuality have fared in Christianity historically and up to the present.  This anthology provides: historical analyses of Christianity’s persistent anxieties regarding eros—from the early church to modern papal encylicals and Protestant denominational rulings; theological analyses of the cultural construction of bodies, desires, and sexual identities in the modern period; and proposals for reformulating classic Christian doctrines (creation, incarnation, ecclesiology, eschatology, pneumatology) with a more positive views of eros.  This text strives to understand new cultural challenges regarding sexuality, while re-engaging with the texts and practices that have formed Christian identities for two millennia.