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Forbidden fruit [electronic resource] : sex & religion in the lives of American teenagers / Mark D. Regnerus.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Regnerus, Mark.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Teenagers--Religious life--United States.
- Teenagers.
- Teenagers--Sexual behavior--United States.
- Teenagers--United States--Conduct of life.
- Sex--Religious aspects.
- Sex.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (301 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'Forbidden Fruit' tells the definitive story of the sexual values and practices of American teenagers, paying particular attention to how participating in organised religion shapes sexual decision-making.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Fashioning new stories from old wisdom
- Can religion cause behavior?
- Learning sexuality
- Motivating sexual decisions
- Sexual experience
- Imitation sex and the new middle class morality
- A typology of religious influence.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-283) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-16528-X
- 0-19-804330-9
- 1-4294-5949-2
- 9786611165284
- OCLC:
- 95189583
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