I don't think I'm quite the target audience for this book; it comes from a course for conservative Midwestern Christians who think there's only one "right" interpretation of any given Bible passage. That said, many of the perspectives discussed are interesting and new to me. The author sometimes tries to back up his statements with reasoning/logic, and this is where the book feels weakest -- unsurprisingly, it's hard to have airtight logic around the interpretation of religious texts.

Also, the sections discussing LGBT perspectives are a bit equivocating. I can't tell if the author is religiously uncomfortable with LGBT people, or if he just thinks his audience is. Then again, it might just be that I've read those particular interpretations repeatedly. ( )