{"product_id":"a-wild-constraint-9780826487124","title":"A Wild Constraint","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDenounces the ideological destruction of personal virtue, and remakes the link, unfashionable since the 1960s, between sex and society. This book argues that in the context of promiscuity, sex trafficking and social chaos, chastity can herald a different sexual freedom, and a recovery of community.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"More people remain single longer, if not for life, than ever before. In the face of this, coupled with popular cultural messages promoting an active sex life, Taylor's advocacy for chastity is timely and provocative. Drawing on personal interviews, social statistics and references to sources ranging from Freud to Bridget Jones, Taylor (Faith and Power: Christianity and Islam in ‘Secular' Britain) chastises what she deems to be a dangerous degree of sexual freedom. The book is at its best when describing the possibilities and benefits of chastity for the individual and society.\" -Publishers Weekly, December 15, 2008\u003cbr\u003e\"Celibacy—chosen sexlessness—comes in for lots of ribbing in today's hypersexualized culture, as though it were an illness or a misfortune. Taylor takes a thoughtful new look at celibacy, reminding us that church traditions that once celebrated singlehood and virginity have turned against them. She makes an eloquent case for the faith and power inherent in chastity, which may yet again prove a bulwark within a culture where both closed and \"open\" marriages seem doomed to failure and where the yearning for connectedness not constrained by sexuality is widespread. Eye-opening and helpful; recommended for most collections.\"-Starred Review, Library Journal, January 2009\u003cbr\u003e\"In a society obsessed with sexuality Jenny Taylor's elegant essay comes as a welcome and refreshing change.\" - Catholic Herald\u003cbr\u003e\"Jenny Taylor's elegant essay comes as a welcome and refreashing change ... offers an interesting survey of contemporary attitudes.\"     Catholic Herald, January 2009\u003cbr\u003eReview in Church Times, April 2009\u003cbr\u003e\"...it is a well written, scholarly treatment of the subject and it will certainly make you think.\"  The Irish Catholic, September 2009\u003cbr\u003eAll God's Children - Vol 2.2 2010\u003cbr\u003e\"The social dimension and implications of individual sexuality...[are] carefully developed and powerfully stated.\" -- Richard Norman, New Directions\u003cbr\u003eMention in Church of England Newspaper, February 2009\u003cbr\u003eMention in Baptist Times, March 2009\u003cbr\u003e\"This is an excellent, brave book and one which will delight and challenge in equal measure, and it is highly recommended.\" -Interserve Magazine\u003cbr\u003e \"Very readable, with a good amount of anecdotal material, and an amusing style whish is at times enjoyably risqué ... certain to make an otherwise uneventful train journey pass more speedily.\" - New Directions\u003cbr\u003eMention in author's own article in The Times, February 2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface; 1 The State We're In; 2 In the Image of Dog: Freud and his Disciples; 3 Sex and the Destruction of Childhood; 4 Virtue and the Vamp: Women as Culture Carriers; 5 The Church's Turn Against Chastity; 6 Alone Again - Naturally; 7 Sexuality for Society; 8 Surviving Chastity; Appendix: Contemplative exercises from The Shattered Lantern by Ronald Rolheiser SJ.; Selected Bibliography.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742332879191,"sku":"9780826487124","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780826487124.jpg?v=1758384343","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-wild-constraint-9780826487124","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}