Sexy: The Quest for Erotic Virtue in Perplexing Times

by Jeffrey Mallinson

Publisher:

1517 Publishing

, 2017

Overview

We’ve lost the art of being sexy. Sure, we’ve got plenty of casual sex, porn, and sexual freedom to go around, but none of that is sexy. That stuff lacks the joy of transcendence, flirtation, dancing, or genuine intimacy. For some, the solution is louder moralizing and stricter, more legalistic thinking. But what if we reframed the conversation altogether? Instead of focusing on taboos, boundaries, and rules of sexual engagement, what if we were to let unconditional love seduce people back to erotic virtue? What if we stopped asking how close we can get to the ethical boundaries and started asking, who do we truly want to be and, more important, who do we want to be toward those we love? This book is, in part, the author’s attempt to convey erotic virtue to his son Augustine on the eve of the boy’s high school graduation. Augustine; the author’s wife, Stacie; and a few musicians, poets, and scholarly friends contribute brief reflections, inspiring rich dialogue across generations, between lovers, and within the culture of our perplexing times.This isn’t just another book about religious mores or pop psychology. It’s a block party with friends and family at the intersection of spirituality and sexuality. Join us and discover why it’s not too late to bring sexy back.

Key Features

• Reframes a new conversation to let unconditional love seduce people back to erotic virtue.
• Asks who do we truly want to be and, more important, who do we want to be toward those we love.
• Brings rich dialogue across generations, between lovers, and within the culture of our perplexing times.

Product Details

• Title: Sexy: The Quest for Erotic Virtue in Perplexing Times
• Author: Jeffrey Mallinson
• Publisher: 1517 Publishing
• Print Publication Date: 2017
• Pages: 368
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9781945500794, 1945500794
• Resource ID: LLS:SXYQSTPRPLXNTMS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-06T16:33:06Z

About Jeffrey Mallinson

Dr. Jeffrey Mallinson (DPhil, Oxford University) is Professor of Theology and Philosophy at Concordia University Irvine. He is the co-host of the podcast, Virtue in the Wasteland’. Previously, he was Dean of Theology at Colorado Christian University, and Academic Dean at Trinity Lutheran College. He is interested in applying the history of ideas to contemporary cultural concerns, especially those he has encountered during his nearly two decades of teaching young adults.