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ISBN: | 9780520950559 0520950550 9780520267275 0520267273 9780520267282 0520267281
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Digital file characteristics: | data file
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-233) and index. Print version record.
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Summary: | Even though they are immersed in sex-saturated society, millions of teens are pledging to remain virgins until their wedding night. How are evangelical Christians persuading young people to wait until marriage? Christine J. Gardner looks closely at the language of the chastity movement and discovers a savvy campaign that uses sex to "sell" abstinence. Drawing from interviews with evangelical leaders and teenagers, she examines the strategy to shift from a negative "just say no" approach to a positive one: "just say yes" to great sex within marriage. Making chastity sexy sheds new light on an a ...
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Other form: | Print version: Gardner, Christine J. (Christine Joy), 1969- Making chastity sexy. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011 9780520267275
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Standard no.: | 6825196
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