From Single to Serious: Relationships, Gender, and Sexuality on American Evangelical Campuses

By: Dana M. Malone

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Synopsis: 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.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9780813587905
Related ISBNs:: 9780813587899
Publisher:: Rutgers University Press
Date of Addition:: 01/31/18
Copyrighted By:: Dana M. Malone
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Psychology, Education, Social Studies, Sociology
Grade Levels:: College Freshman
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.