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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freitas, Donna, author.

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 (349 p.)

Edition:

Updated edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First published in 2008, Donna Freitas's Sex and the Soul revealed what college students -- at institutions large and small, public and private, secular, Catholic, and evangelical -- really think about sex, dating, religion, and spirituality. Based on face-to-face interviews with students across the country, Sex and the Soul achieved national acclaim, illuminating the as-yet-unexplored struggles of college students navigating the lines of faith and sexuality. Now, in this updated edition, Freitas reflects on the hundreds of conversations she has had with students since the book was first publi

Contents:

""COVER""; ""SEX AND THE SOUL: Juggling Sexuality, Spirituality, Romance, and Religion on America�s College Campuses""; ""COPYRIGHT""; ""EPIGRAPH""; ""FOREWORD""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION: Welcome to College: Meet Amy Stone, Tour Guide, Fashion Model, Straight-A Student""; ""THE GIRL WHO (ALMOST) HAS EVERYTHING""; ""THE BIG MAN ON CAMPUS WANTED HER ��V-CARD��""; ""NEWS FLASH: STUDENT INTEREST IN SPIRITUALITY SOARS""; ""SEVEN SCHOOLS AND A MULTITUDE OF QUESTIONS""; ""CONFRONTING THE SEXUAL ETHOS OF COLLEGE LIFE""

""TWO BASIC CATEGORIES: THE EVANGELICAL AND THE SPIRITUAL""""SEEKING TO RECONCILE SEX AND MEANING""; ""AMY�S FAITH: ��GOD IS THE MAN WITH THE PLAN��""; ""SECTION ONE: THE VARIETIES OF COLLEGE RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE""; ""ONE: The Spiritual Colleges: Souls Adrift""; ""SEARCHING ALONE? MAX BRADLEE""; ""ENTICEMENTS TO EXPLORE: WHAT SPARKS SPIRITUAL SEEKING?""; ""RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY AND THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND COLLEGE""; ""IN SEARCH OF AN UNSUPERVISED SPIRITUALITY""; ""TWO: Why Catholic Schools (and Their Students) Are��Spiritual but Not Religious��""

""RECOVERING CATHOLICS AND THEN SOME: JUANITA ALVAREZ AND MADANJIT SINGH""""JOYOUS CONVERTS: NEWLY EVANGELICAL AT A CATHOLIC SCHOOL""; ""A GOOD CATHOLIC IS HARD TO FIND: ADAM SPECTER AND MANDY MARA""; ""PRIVATE IN PUBLIC, PROLIFIC ON PAPER""; ""THE MARKS OF A CATHOLIC SCHOOL: CLASSROOM CRUCIFIXES AND HOSTILITY""; ""THREE: Evangelical Extroverts: Faithful and Diverse""; ""A STEP AHEAD: WENDY CAMPBELL""; ""CHRISTIAN REBEL: MOLLY BAINBRIDGE""; ""COMMITTED, CONVERTED, AND CREATIVE""; ""A RICH MIX WITH ONE THING IN COMMON""; ""EVANGELICAL VS. CATHOLIC: THE STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES""

""THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EVANGELICAL SCHOOLS AND EVERYONE ELSE""""SECTION TWO: THE ROMANTIC IDEAL""; ""FOUR: Evangelical Purity Culture: Its Princesses and Warriors""; ""A PRINCESS OF PURITY""; ""PURITY TALK AND THE EVANGELICAL ROMANTIC IDEAL""; ""UNUSUAL WEDDING PRESENTS: JESSICA MARIN""; ""THE DAMAGED HEART AND THE PURITY QUOTIENT""; ""PURITY DREAMS, DUPED PARENTS, AND PITFALLS OF PROMISE RINGS""; ""A WORD FROM PRINCE CHARMING: MARK JOHNSON""; ""FIVE: Wanted: A Little Romance""; ""THE PERFECT FIRST TIME: MARIA ANGELO""; ""THE SPIRITUAL PURITY EQUIVALENT""

""BROKENHEARTED AND HOPELESSLY ROMANTIC: JAMIE WOODHOUSE""""THE PRESSURES TO BE A PLAYER""; ""SEXUAL MINORITIES: SEARCHING FOR ROMANCE AND AFFECTION""; ""WHY ROMANCE ISN�T SEXY AND SEX ISN�T ROMANTIC""; ""SECTION TRHEE: THE TRUTH ABOUT SEX ON CAMPUS""; ""SIX: Where Dating=Marriage and a Kiss Means Everything""; ""THE SENIOR SCRAMBLE: RING BY SPRING OR YOUR MONEY BACK!""; ""WHEN A KISS IS NOT JUST A KISS""; ""WHAT EVANGELICALS THINK THEIR PEERS THINK ABOUT SEX""; ""SEVEN: Hookups, Ho�s, and Losing It""; ""SEEING THINGS FROM THE (ALPHA) MALE�S PERSPECTIVE""; ""TOM BEECHER: ALPHA MALE""

""GETTING IT OVER WITH""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-022130-5

0-19-022129-1

OCLC:

923711006