Sex and the soul : juggling sexuality, spirituality, romance, and religion on America's college campuses / Donna Freitas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freitas, Donna.

Contributor:

Winner, Lauren, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College students--Religious life--United States.

College students.

Church college students--Religious life--United States.

Church college students.

College students--Sexual behavior--United States.

Church college students--Sexual behavior--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2008]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Today's college students are fascinated by religion but they are also more sexually active than previous generations. How do these young people reconcile their spiritual longings with sexual freedom on campus? Based on dozens of face-to-face interviews, Sex and the Soul explores the sexual and spiritual lives of today's college students. Donna Freitas crisscrossed the country, visiting a range of America's colleges and universities--from public to private, Catholic to evangelical--to find out what students had to say about these highly personal subjects. Their stories will not only engage read

Contents:

Foreword; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction Welcome to College. Meet Amy Stone: Tour Guide, Fashion Model, Straight-A Student; SECTION ONE: THE VARIETIES OF COLLEGE RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE; SECTION TWO: THE ROMANTIC IDEAL; SECTION THREE: THE TRUTH ABOUT SEX ON CAMPUS; SECTION FOUR: ECONCILING SEX AND THE SOUL (OR NOT) ON CAMPUS; SECTION FIVE: CONCLUSIONS AND PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS; Appendix On Methodology; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-284) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-282-32830-1

9786612328305

0-19-971854-7

OCLC:

503445086