From rings and pledges to conversation in community -- The idolization of virginity -- Female responsibilities -- Male purity and the rhetoric of lust -- First comes love, then comes marriage -- Problems with the promise of sex -- What the sexually abused hear -- Submitting to God's sexual ethic as embodied souls -- What will we tell our children? -- Purity culture moving forward.
Summary:
"The generation born into evangelical purity culture has grown up, but many still struggle with its complicated legacy. Examining purity culture's teachings through the lens of Scripture, Rachel Joy Welcher charts a path forward in the ongoing debates about sexuality-one that rejects legalism and license alike, steering us back instead to the good news of Jesus"-- Provided by publisher.
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