LEADER 03004nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910454910803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-27067-2 010 $a9786612270673 010 $a0-19-974494-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000789116 035 $a(EBL)472080 035 $a(OCoLC)95189583 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000156787 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11170530 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000156787 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10130240 035 $a(PQKB)24550899 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC472080 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL472080 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10329652 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL227067 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000789116 100 $a20090826e20092007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aForbidden fruit$b[electronic resource] $esex & religion in the lives of American teenagers /$fMark D. Regnerus 210 $aNew York ;$aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2009., 2007 215 $a1 online resource (301 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-539585-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 269-283) and index. 327 $aContents; Introduction; Chapter 1 Fashioning New Stories from Old Wisdom; Chapter 2 Can Religion Cause Behavior?; Chapter 3 Learning Sexuality; Chapter 4 Motivating Sexual Decisions; Chapter 5 Sexual Experience; Chapter 6 Imitation Sex and the New Middle-Class Morality; Chapter 7 A Typology of Religious Influence; Conclusions; Unscientific Postscript; Appendix A: Regression Models; Appendix B: Research Methods; Appendix C: Interview Questions on Sex; Notes; References; Index 330 $aAs is evident from contemporary debates about sex education, Americans remain deeply ambivalent about teenage sexuality. While many presume that such reticence is rooted in religion, how exactly religion contributes to the formation of teenagers' sexual values and behaviors has been poorly understood before now. Does religion really motivate the sexual choices of a significant segment of adolescent society? Are abstinence pledges effective? Is there evidence for a ""technical virginity"" phenomenon among religious teenagers? What does it mean to be ""emotionally ready"" for sex? Who expresses 606 $aTeenagers$xSexual behavior$zUnited States 606 $aTeenagers$xReligious life$zUnited States 606 $aSex$xReligious aspects 606 $aTeenagers$zUnited States$xConduct of life 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aTeenagers$xSexual behavior 615 0$aTeenagers$xReligious life 615 0$aSex$xReligious aspects. 615 0$aTeenagers$xConduct of life. 676 $a248.830973 700 $aRegnerus$b Mark$0912689 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454910803321 996 $aForbidden fruit$92044016 997 $aUNINA