TY  - BOOK
AU  - Burke,Kelsy
TI  - Christians under covers: evangelicals and sexual pleasure on the Internet 
SN  - 9780520286320
AV  - HQ 63 .B87 2016
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Oakland, California
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Christians
KW  - Sexual behavior
KW  - United States
KW  - Sex
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Internet
KW  - Sex in mass media
KW  - USA
KW  - gnd
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Godly sex : a new evangelical sexual logic -- Overcoming the obscene : using religion to talk about sex -- Virtual and virtuous : forming online religious communities -- Sexual awakening : defining women's pleasures -- What makes a man : making "bad" sex "good" -- Conclusion : paths of desire -- Appendix A : websites mentioned by name in the book -- Appendix B: doing internet ethnography
N2  - "Christians under Covers shifts how scholars and popular media talk about religious conservatives and sex. In an ethnography drawn from Christian sexuality websites, Kelsy Burke examines how some evangelical Christians use digital media to promote the idea that God wants married, heterosexual couples to have satisfying sex lives. These evangelicals maintain their religious beliefs while incorporating feminist and queer language into their talk of sexuality--encouraging sexual knowledge, emphasizing women's pleasure, and justifying marginal sexual practices within Christian marriages. This book complicates boundaries between normal and subversive, empowered and oppressed, and sacred and profane"--Provided by publisher
ER  -