Sex and Soul Redux

In Sex and Soul Redux, author Cristina L. White returns to her earlier memoir Sex and Soul with new material that illuminates her quest to reconcile body and soul. Her story is of an individual struggle between the dictates of a religious upbringing and the call to be true to one's sense of self. Told that following her heart would condemn her to hell and damnation, Cristina listened instead to an inner voice, one attuned to "...my spiritual body and the canon of my bones." The road to perdition reveals itself to be a life-affirming path to salvation. In her transition from compliance to nonconformity, Cristina shares her sexual awakening, spiritual transformation, and political affinities-a trinity that fueled her change from good Catholic girl to an out and open gay woman of faith.