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Real sex : the naked truth about chastity / Lauren F. Winner. [print]

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Winner, Lauren F [Author]

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BV4647.W776.R435 2005
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Part One: Talking about sex. Real sex : creation, Scripture, and the case for sex in marriage -- Communal sex : or, why your neighbor asks what you did last night -- Straight talk I: Lies our culture tells about sex -- Straight talk II: Lies the church tells about sex -- Part Two: Practicing chastity. On the steps of the rotunda : line-drawing and formation -- Chastity as spiritual discipline : caring more about character than cleavage -- Communities of chastity : what singleness teaches the church -- Responding to M. : the practicalities of repentance.

Subject: In Real Sex: The Naked Truth about Chastity, Lauren Winner speaks candidly to single Christians about the difficulty--and the importance--of sexual chastity. With nuance and wit, she talks about her own sexual journey. Never dodging tough terms like "confession" and "sin," she 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. Building on the thought of Wendell Berry, she argues that sex is communal rather than private, personal rather than public. Refusing to slink away from thorny topics, Winner deftly addresses pornography, masturbation, and the perennial question of "how far is too far?" Winner also digs deeper: What does chastity have to do with loving my neighbor? How does my sexual behavior form habits and expectations? With compassion and grit, she calls Christians, both married and single, to pursue chastity as conversion and amendment of life.

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Unchaste confessions : or, why we need another book about sex -- Part One: Talking about sex. Real sex : creation, Scripture, and the case for sex in marriage -- Communal sex : or, why your neighbor asks what you did last night -- Straight talk I: Lies our culture tells about sex -- Straight talk II: Lies the church tells about sex -- Part Two: Practicing chastity. On the steps of the rotunda : line-drawing and formation -- Chastity as spiritual discipline : caring more about character than cleavage -- Communities of chastity : what singleness teaches the church -- Responding to M. : the practicalities of repentance.

In Real Sex: The Naked Truth about Chastity, Lauren Winner speaks candidly to single Christians about the difficulty--and the importance--of sexual chastity. With nuance and wit, she talks about her own sexual journey. Never dodging tough terms like "confession" and "sin," she 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. Building on the thought of Wendell Berry, she argues that sex is communal rather than private, personal rather than public. Refusing to slink away from thorny topics, Winner deftly addresses pornography, masturbation, and the perennial question of "how far is too far?" Winner also digs deeper: What does chastity have to do with loving my neighbor? How does my sexual behavior form habits and expectations? With compassion and grit, she calls Christians, both married and single, to pursue chastity as conversion and amendment of life.

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