Forbidden fruit : sex & religion in the lives of American teenagers / Mark D. Regnerus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Regnerus, Mark.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teenagers--Sexual behavior--United States.

Teenagers.

Teenagers--Religious life--United States.

Sex--Religious aspects.

Sex.

Teenagers--United States--Conduct of life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009., 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As is evident from contemporary debates about sex education, Americans remain deeply ambivalent about teenage sexuality. While many presume that such reticence is rooted in religion, how exactly religion contributes to the formation of teenagers' sexual values and behaviors has been poorly understood before now. Does religion really motivate the sexual choices of a significant segment of adolescent society? Are abstinence pledges effective? Is there evidence for a ""technical virginity"" phenomenon among religious teenagers? What does it mean to be ""emotionally ready"" for sex? Who expresses

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 Fashioning New Stories from Old Wisdom; Chapter 2 Can Religion Cause Behavior?; Chapter 3 Learning Sexuality; Chapter 4 Motivating Sexual Decisions; Chapter 5 Sexual Experience; Chapter 6 Imitation Sex and the New Middle-Class Morality; Chapter 7 A Typology of Religious Influence; Conclusions; Unscientific Postscript; Appendix A: Regression Models; Appendix B: Research Methods; Appendix C: Interview Questions on Sex; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-283) and index.

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

ISBN:

0-19-988648-2

1-282-27067-2

9786612270673

0-19-974494-7

OCLC:

95189583