Front cover image for Forbidden fruit : sex & religion in the lives of American teenagers

Forbidden fruit : sex & religion in the lives of American teenagers

'Forbidden Fruit' tells the definitive story of the sexual values and practices of American teenagers, paying particular attention to how participating in organised religion shapes sexual decision-making
eBook, English, 2007
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2007
1 online resource (viii, 290 pages) : illustrations
9780198043300, 9780199744947, 9781429459495, 0198043309, 0199744947, 1429459492
95189583
Introduction
Fashioning new stories from old wisdom
Can religion cause behavior?
Learning sexuality
Motivating sexual decisions
Sexual experience
Imitation sex and the new middle class morality
A typology of religious influence