Real Sex: The Naked Truth about Chastity
by Lauren F. Winner
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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 show more 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. show lessTags
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Different than any book you've read on the subject - insightful and challenging, but smart.
Different than any book you've read on the subject - insightful and challenging, but smart.
This a a very refreshing take on the subject of the theology of sex, chastity, community, and following God. Sex has turned into something that God never intended for it to be. Winner does a great job of coming at it from all angles.
Different than any book you've read on the subject - insightful and challenging, but smart.
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Lauren F. Winner, an Episcopal priest, lives in Durham, North Carolina, and teaches at Duke Divinity School. She is also the author of Girl Meets God, Still, and Wearing God.
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- Original publication date
- 2005
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- Genres
- Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 306 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social Behavior - Dating, Marriage, Divorce
- LCC
- BV4647 .C5 .W56 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Practical Theology Practical Theology Practical religion. The Christian life Moral theology Virtues
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- 838
- Popularity
- 32,624
- Reviews
- 4
- Rating
- (4.07)
- Languages
- Danish, English, Swedish
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 9
- ASINs
- 4
