Saving Sex
Sexuality and Salvation in American Evangelicalism
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 20 November 2014
- ISBN 9780199942251
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages224 pages
- Size 256x145x20 mm
- Weight 426 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Drawing on books, magazines, pamphlets, websites, blogs, podcasts, and other forms of media written or produced by American evangelicals, Amy DeRogatis offers a comprehensive investigation of the many ways that American evangelicals participate in cultural conversations about sexuality.
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When it comes to evangelicals and sex, it seems, whatever the question, the answer is no. In Saving Sex, Amy DeRogatis argues that this could not be further from the truth. Demolishing the myth of evangelicals as anti-sex, she shows that American evangelicals claim that fabulous sexin the right contextis viewed as a divinely-sanctioned, spiritual act.
For decades, evangelical sex education has been a thriving industry. Evangelical couples have sought advice from Christian psychologists and marriage counselors, purchased millions of copies of faith-based sexual guidebooks, and consulted magazines, pamphlets, websites, blogs, and podcasts on a vast array of sexual topics, including human anatomy, STDssometimes known as Sexually Transmitted Demonsvarieties of sexual pleasure, role-play, and sex toys, all from a decidedly biblical angle. DeRogatis discusses a wide range of evidence, from purity literature for young evangelicals to sex manuals for married couples to deliverance manuals, which instruct believers in how to expel demons that enter the body through sexual sin. Evangelicals have at times attempted to co-opt the language of female empowerment, emphasizing mutual consent and female sexual pleasure while insisting that the key to marital sexual happiness depends on maintaining traditional gender roles based on the literal interpretation of scripture.
Saving Sex is a long-overdue exploration of evangelicals surprising and often-misunderstood beliefs about sexwho can do what, when, and whyand of the many ways in which they try to bring those beliefs to bear on American culture.
From sexually transmitted demons to father-daughter purity balls to the use of trampolines as sexual props, Amy DeRogatis is a sympathetic, critical, and engaging guide through the world of evangelical sex manuals. She provides a vivid and nuanced account of how evangelicals convert secular sex advice for godly purposes and understand sex as part of salvation. This is an indispensable contribution to studies of evangelicalism and sexuality in America.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: Sex and the Single Evangelical
Chapter 2: Sex, Marriage, and Salvation
Chapter 3: Demons, STDs, and God's Healing Sperm
Chapter 4: Sex on the Margins
Chapter 5: Sexual Healing
Afterword
Notes
References
Index
