From single to serious : relationships, gender, and sexuality on American evangelical campuses / Dana M. Malone ; foreword by Donna Freitas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Malone, Dana M., 1979- author.

Contributor:

Freitas, Donna, writer of foreword.

Series:

American campus.

The American Campus

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Man-woman relationships--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Man-woman relationships.

Dating (Social custom)--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Dating (Social custom).

Single people--Sexual behavior.

Single people.

Sex--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Sex.

Christian universities and colleges.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 pages).

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, New Jersey ; Newark, New Jersery ; London, [England] : Rutgers University Press, 2018.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

College students hook up and have sex. That is what many students expect to happen during their time at university-it is part of growing up and navigating the relationship scene on most American campuses today. But what do you do when you're a student at an evangelical university? Students at these schools must negotiate a barrage of religiously imbued undercurrents that impact how they think about relationships, in addition to how they experience and evaluate them. As they work to form successful unions, students at evangelical colleges balance sacred ideologies of purity, holiness, and godliness, while also dealing with more mainstream notions of popularity, the online world, and the appeal of sexual intimacy. In From Single to Serious, Dana M. Malone shines a light on friendship, dating, and, sexuality, in both the ideals and the practical experiences of heterosexual students at U. S. evangelical colleges. She examines the struggles they have in balancing their gendered and religious presentations of self, the expectations of their campus community, and their desire to find meaningful romantic relationships.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword / Freitas, Donna

1. Introduction

2. Campus Life and the Evangelical University

3. From Single to Serious: How It Happens

4. Fitting a Mold: Femininity, Masculinity, and Being Religious

5. Sexuality on Campus: Delicate Tensions

6. Conclusion

Appendix A. College Students and Relationships: The Backstory

Appendix B. Methodology

Acknowledgments

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813587905

0813587905

9780813587912

0813587913

OCLC:

1004512254