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Zusatztext College Hookup Culture and Christian Ethics weaves together original ethnographic research, theological reflection on full human living and loving, and a justice-oriented analysis of sexual norms and campus culture in a way that is engaging, insightful, and thought-provoking even if, at times, it is also unsettling and uncomfortable... For anyone interested in learning more about student experiences and working toward creating more just and supportive environments for college students, College Hookup Culture and Christian Ethics is an engaging and worthwhile read. Informationen zum Autor Jennifer Beste is Professor of Theology and Koch Chair of Catholic Thought and Culture at the College of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, MN. She is the author of God and the Victim: Traumatic Intrusions on Grace and Freedom. Her research interests include trauma theory and Christian theology, ethnography and Christian ethics, sexual ethics, and feminist ethics. Klappentext Today's Christian adolescents and young adults have grown up with fiercely competing narratives about sex, relationships, and fulfillment. Within a Christian world of church services and formal religious education, they have been warned repeatedly about the dangers (or sinfulness) of premarital sex. At the same time, popular culture has inundated them with a very different message: casual sex is fun, thrilling, expected, and no big deal. Jennifer Beste calls into question the widespread assumption that the media's narrative of sex is positively liberating, while a Christian theological account is repressive, sex-negative, and altogether irrelevant. Her argument is based on a qualitative analysis of college students' own accounts of their social and sexual culture. She draws on the reflections of 126 undergraduate students who set out as sober ethnographers to observe and analyze peers at college parties. Overwhelmingly, undergraduates' perspectives challenge a neutral or even benevolent view of hookup culture embraced by some sociologists, "sex-positive" feminists, and popular culture in general. Beste goes on to share her own and her students' theological and ethical reflections as they explored the intersection between their social reality, the Christian tradition, and other academic disciplines, and sought to discern more deeply: what it means to become fully human; what constitutes happiness and fulfillment; and how to envision and create more socially and sexually just communities. Zusammenfassung What do undergraduates really think about parties, hookups, and relationships? After analyzing their own complex social reality, Jennifer Beste's students engage in dialogue with theologians, ethicists, and social scientists about paths to happiness and the best ways to create sexual and relational justice on their college campuses. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction PART I: Through Their Own Eyes: Undergraduate Ethnographies and Analyses of Party Culture 1. College Students' Observations of Parties and Hookups 2. Why College Students Act the Way They Do 3. Power Dynamics at College Parties 4. Are College Students Happy in Contemporary Party Culture? PART II: Johann Metz's Jesus as Fully Human: Embracing Poverty of Spirit 5. Embracing Our Interdependence on God and Others 6. Self-Love: Accepting Our Human Condition and Unique Calling 7. Neighbor-Love and Justice PART III: Sexual Justice: A Call to Action 8. Justly Relating to Self and Other in College Culture 9. Understanding the Complexities of Sexual Assault and its Traumatic Effects 10. Secondary Victimization: The Community's Role in Traumatization 11. Creating a Sexually Just Campus Culture Endnotes Bibliography Appendix: Research Methodology ...
