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From Single to Serious
Relationships, Gender, and Sexuality on American Evangelical Campuses
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English
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2018
About this book
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.
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.
Author / Editor information
DANA M. MALONE is an independent scholar and consultant in the Philadelphia area.
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"Christian college and university administrators, staff, faculty, and student leaders will all benefit from considering the results of Malone’s study."
— Christianity Today
— Black Christian News
— Chronicle of Higher Education
— New Books Network - New Books in Gender Studies
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Foreword
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1. Introduction
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2. Campus Life and the Evangelical University
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3. From Single to Serious: How It Happens
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4. Fitting a Mold: Femininity, Masculinity, and Being Religious
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5. Sexuality on Campus: Delicate Tensions
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6. Conclusion
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Appendix A. College Students and Relationships: The Backstory
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Appendix B. Methodology
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Acknowledgments
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Notes
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References
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Index
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September 2, 2019
eBook ISBN:
9780813587912
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9780813587912
Keywords for this book
college; dating in college; college relationships; relationships; hook up; sex; sex life; religion; college religion; evangelical; purity; virginity; virgin; intimacy; dating; friendship; romance; relationship; single; serious relationship; gender; sexuality; heterosexual students in evangelical colleges; meaningful relationships; self discovery; holiness; godliness; appeal of sexual intimacy; campus life; fitting a mold; sexuality on campus; Femininity; masculinity; being religious
Audience(s) for this book
For universities and colleges of further and higher education
