Real Sex: The Naked Truth about Chastity

Real Sex: The Naked Truth about Chastity

by Lauren F. Winner
ISBN-10:
1587431971
ISBN-13:
9781587431975
Pub. Date:
07/01/2006
Publisher:
Baker Publishing Group
ISBN-10:
1587431971
ISBN-13:
9781587431975
Pub. Date:
07/01/2006
Publisher:
Baker Publishing Group
Real Sex: The Naked Truth about Chastity

Real Sex: The Naked Truth about Chastity

by Lauren F. Winner
$16.0 Current price is , Original price is $16.0. You
$16.00 
  • SHIP THIS ITEM
    Qualifies for Free Shipping
  • PICK UP IN STORE
    Check Availability at Nearby Stores
  • SHIP THIS ITEM

    Temporarily Out of Stock Online

    Please check back later for updated availability.


Overview

SEX. Splashed across magazine covers, billboards, and computer screens—sex is casual, aggressive, and absolutely everywhere. And everybody's doing it, right?

In Real Sex, heralded young author Lauren F. Winner speaks candidly to Christians about the difficulty—and the importance—of sexual chastity. With honesty and wit, she talks about her struggle to live a celibate life. Never dodging tough terms like "confession" and "sin," Winner grounds her discussion of chastity first and foremost in Scripture. She confronts cultural lies about sex and challenges how we talk about sex in church. Her biblically grounded observations and suggestions will be especially valuable to unmarried Christians struggling with the sexual mania of today's culture.

Real Sex is essential reading for Christians grappling with chastity and a valuable tool for pastors.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781587431975
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Publication date: 07/01/2006
Pages: 184
Sales rank: 707,272
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.39(d)

About the Author

Lauren F. Winner (PhD, Columbia University) is the highly acclaimed author of the memoir Girl Meets God. She is assistant professor of Christian spirituality at Duke Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina, and has written for the New York Times Book Review, the Washington Post Book World, Publishers Weekly, Christianity Today, and Christian Century. Visit her website at www.laurenwinner.net.

Hometown:

Charlottesville, Virginia

Date of Birth:

October 13, 1976

Place of Birth:

Asheville, North Carolina

Education:

B.A., Columbia University, 1997; M.A., Cambridge University, 1999

Table of Contents

1Unchaste Confessions: Or, Why We Need Another Book about Sex9
Part 1Talking about Sex
2Real Sex: Creation, Scripture, and the Case for Sex in Marriage29
3Communal Sex: Or, Why Your Neighbor Has Any Business Asking You What You Did Last Night43
4Straight Talk I: Lies Our Culture Tells about Sex61
5Straight Talk II: Lies the Church Tells about Sex85
Part 2Practicing Chastity
6On the Steps of the Rotunda: Line-Drawing and Formation103
7Chastity as Spiritual Discipline: Conforming Your Body to the Arc of the Gospel123
8Communities of Chastity: What Singleness Teaches the Church133
9Responding to M.: The Practicalities of Repentance149
Notes163
Acknowledgments173
Author's Note175
From the B&N Reads Blog

Customer Reviews