Jenny Taylor

A Wild Constraint (eBook, PDF)

The Case for Chastity

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In A Wild Constraint: The Case for Chastity, Taylor addresses the provocative subject of celibacy. Too often considered an exclusively religious option, celibacy has been reclaimed by some feminists and sociologists over the last 20 years as a radical alternative in secular society to the liberal sexual lifestyle. What, after all, is sexual liberation when so often the outcome is pain and social chaos? In the context of promiscuity, sexual abuse and confusion, celibacy can herald a different sexual freedom. Jenny Taylor draws on personal experience and interviews with men and women of all ages to demonstrate the impact of the sexual revolution and to make a case for celibacy. She argues that celibacy is a viable alternative that deserves to be taken seriously and challenges the church to speak out for sexual abstinence with confidence and certainty.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781441126702
• Artikelnr.: 38301117

Autorenporträt

Jenny Taylor is a well-known journalist and academic, and a published author. She is Director of Lapido Media, a charity that promotes religious literacy in public affairs. Her writing has appeared in numerous textbooks and academic journals. Her previous book Faith and Power: Christianity and Islam in 'Secular' Britain is published by SPCK and Wipf and Stock.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Ch 1 'Ready for Sex'
Ch 2 In the Image of Dog: Freud and his Disciples
Ch 3 Sex and the Destruction of Childhood
Ch 4 Virtue and the Vamp: Women as Culture Carriers
Ch 5 The Church's Turn Against Chastity
Ch 6 Alone Again - Naturally
Ch 7 Sexuality for Society
Ch 8 Surviving Chastity
Bibliography
Index