Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-246) and index.

Adjusting our vision : Christian formation and relationships in a sexualized age -- Part 1. Mapping the modern sexual imaginary. Seeking the truth within : love, sex, and relationships within the culture of authenticity -- Three paths to freedom on the road to nowhere : the dead end of modern liberty -- We are what we acquire : consumerism as a corrupting dynamic -- The hypersexual self : sex and relationships as happiness technologies -- Churches without steeples : the loss of transcendence and the atomistic worldview -- Part 2. Charting a new course for Christian formation. Searching for truth that transforms : introducing a Christian social imaginary -- Seeing the good life and becoming what we see : the role of vision within sexual formation -- Getting to the heart of things : redeeming desire and becoming our true selves -- Living the gospel story : narrative discipleship within the narrative community -- Becoming what we do : the formative power of practices.