![]() ![]() ![]() This is a fascinating case study of how human beings reproduce social power as they seek to navigate its effects.” “As evangelical Christians challenge older ideals of marriage, how do they continue to maintain their belief in the heterosexual ideal? Challenging stereotypes of evangelicals as prudish Puritans, Kelsy Burke brings a respectful feminist and queer sociological gaze to this examination of what it means for twenty-first century evangelicals to understand sex as a deeply satisfying gift they can try to get the most of. It is also a remarkably well-written book.” ![]() “Excellent… Christians under Covers highlights the key role of religion in the historical and social construction of heterosexuality, a crucial intervention in the critical study of heterosexuality and a path-breaking contribution to scholarship on American Evangelicalism. “Burke’s writing is accessible, clear, and concise, often elegant.” “Burke has constructed an artfully crafted and instructive text that extends sexual work in the sociology of religion, documents the complexity of contemporary religious-sexual relations, and provides a useful example of integrating sexual, gender, and religious sociologies in practice.” “Kelsy Burke’s new study of evangelical sexuality websites tells a new, finely nuanced and wholly convincing story… fascinating and suggestive.” ![]()
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