Sexual Character: Beyond Technique to Intimacy - Marva J. Dawn

In an attempt to combat the widespread confusion regarding sexual issues, Dawn offers a clear biblical understanding of human sexuality. Her fresh perspectives will challenge and encourage readers and her engaging, non-preachy style will appeal to parents, ministers, youth group leaders, and others coping with life in our sex-saturated society. nAiming to combat the widespread confusion today regarding sexual issues, Marva Dawn offers here a clear biblical understanding of human sexuality. Her fresh perspectives in Sexual Character will challenge and encourage persons living in our sex-saturated society. nTo establish the necessary foundations for new thinking about sexual issues, Dawn explains the importance of distinguishing between social and genital sexuality (a distinction generally not made), discusses the forces in our technological society that jeopardize true intimacy, and outlines the ethics of character that forms the basis for discussion in the rest of the book. n nHolding to a positive biblical vision for sexual character leads Dawn to raise many provocative questions that apply in very practical, relevant ways to such issues as friendship, marriage, divorce, teenage dating, homosexuality, and abortion.

Dawn ends the book by putting forth a hopeful vision of sexual shalom for individuals and Christian communities. n nWritten in an engaging, non-preachy style, Sexual Character will benefit all thoughtful Christian adults -- ministers, parents, youth group leaders, college students -- and provide solid material for church discussion groups.n