Faith and Fetish
The Story of a Kinkster Who Was Saved by Grace
“I am a kinkster saved by grace.”
And thus this memoir begins one of the most unusual and courageous spiritual explorations in recent memory. Puppy Dash — a gay Christian in his thirties — writes openly about his love of bondage, his experience of submission, and his identity as a human pup. And then he does something almost nobody has attempted: he brings it all before God.
Faith and Fetish traces Dash’s path from an anguished email to his evangelical pastor, through a transformative coming-out, to a hard-won theology of grace that refuses to leave any part of himself at the church door. Along the way, he draws striking parallels between the trust of a rope bunny and the surrender of faith, between the devotion of a submissive and the loyalty of Ruth, between the freedom found in bondage and the freedom found in God.
Supplemented by candid interviews with fellow kinksters across Europe, this book is for anyone who has ever felt that parts of themselves were too much for God — and for every Christian called to love them.
What to expect
This book is a confession as much as a testimony. It presents a kink-positive view through a Christian lens, touching on themes like sin and grace, unconditional love, and the joy of submission. Each chapter takes an aspect of kink — bondage, dominance and submission, pain, fetish, puppy play — and explores how the author makes sense of it as a Christian.
The reader should not expect a scientific discussion or an exhaustive encyclopedia. This is one person’s story, told with honesty and hope.
Who is this book for?
- Christians seeking an honest exploration of faith and sexuality
- LGBTQIA+ Christians with kink proclivities
- Practitioners of kink who think they are excluded from God’s love
- Caregivers and pastors wanting to understand and support
- Anyone who has ever felt that parts of themselves were “too much”
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