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Real Sex: The Naked Truth about Chastity (Paperback)

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Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Brazos Press; annotated edition edition (Jul 1 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1587431971
ISBN-13: 978-1587431975
Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 13.5 x 1.5 cm
Shipping Weight: 250 g

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Winner, author of the critically acclaimed memoir Girl Meets God, weaves an intriguing tapestry from sociological, autobiographical, pastoral and historical threads. She balances a journalistic report of how difficult chastity is for American Christians; a personal account of how she and her friends have approached premarital and marital sex; a survey of what the Bible, pastors and good Christian books say about the topic; and an overview of how chastity has been understood throughout Christian history. The candor with which Winner writes about sex may alarm some Christian readers, but those who follow her arguments to their conclusions will find themselves rewarded with fresh insights about an overdiscussed but still deeply entrenched problem among Christians. Interestingly, some of Winner's best insights are about married sex. She states early on that "in Christianity's vocabulary the only real sex is the sex that happens in marriage; the faux sex that goes on outside marriage is not really sex at all... [it] is only a distorted image of sex, as Walt Disney's Wilderness Lodge Resort is only a simulation of real wilderness." Winner places real sex not in the passionate world of one-night stands and dating relationships, but in the ordinary, domestic life of married couples. As such, she helpfully and perhaps even radically reframes both the Christian and cultural discussion of chastity and sexuality. (Apr.)
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SEX. Splashed across magazine covers, billboards, and computer screens--sex is casual, aggressive, and absolutely everywhere. And everybody's doing it, right? In Real Sex, heralded young author Lauren F. Winner speaks candidly to Christians about the difficulty--and the importance--of sexual chastity. With honesty and wit, she talks about her struggle to live a celibate life. Never dodging tough terms like "confession" and "sin," Winner grounds her discussion of chastity first and foremost in Scripture. She confronts cultural lies about sex and challenges how we talk about sex in church. Her biblically grounded observations and suggestions will be especially valuable to unmarried Christians struggling with the sexual mania of today's culture. Real Sex is essential reading for Christians grappling with chastity and a valuable tool for pastors.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Solid but somewhat misdirected, Jun 7 2005

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I enjoyed much of Winner's book, although I thought her exploration of lies the church tells us was a bit of an overstatement, especially in her reflections on how the church seems to treat sexual sins as more ominous and destructive than other sins. Well, while God's restorative grace becomes the touchpoint for all of our discussions around human sexuality, I felt that implying that being healed or redeemed from past sexual sin is no different than being redeemed from lying to a friend was a bit misdirected. It's my understanding that Scripture upholds the idea that sex is not evil, but it is powerful, and we are playing russian roulette with our lives (holistically speaking) when we engage in non-normative sexual practices. Therefore, to send the message that past sexual sin is 'not biggie' (my words, not hers), I'm not sure how responsible that is--biblically speaking.

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