Contents

  1. Dedication
  2. Contents
  3. Introduction: On Sex and Christians
  4. 1  “My Favorite Feel”: Pleasure as a Gift from God
  5. 2  Firsts: On the Whys and Wherefores of Desire
  6. 3  Playing Fair: The Ethics of Good Sex
  7. 4  Singleness, Sex, and Waiting: Theology for the Search
  8. 5  Naked: A Theology of Vulnerability
  9. 6  We Might Be Strangers: A Theology of Intimacy
  10. 7  History: A Theology of Exes and the Things That Once Were
  11. 8  Be Faithful: A Theology of Fidelity
  12. 9  The Avoidable and the Inevitable: Theology Around Leaving and Staying
  13. Afterword: The Nature of Love
  14. Acknowledgments
  15. Notes
  16. About the Author
  17. Praise
  18. Credits
  19. Copyright
  20. About the Publisher

Guide

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