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Faith with Benefits: Hookup Culture on Catholic Campuses
Jason King
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Hardback. Hookup culture has taken over college campuses-even Catholic ones. Drawing on a survey of over 1000 students from 26 institutions, as well as follow-up interviews, Jason King argues that religious culture on Catholic campuses can, in fact, have an impact on the school's hookup culture-but it is not a straightforward one. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRLM7; JNMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458.
Hookup culture has become widespread on college campuses, and Catholic colleges are no exception. Indeed, most studies have found no difference between Catholic colleges and their secular counterparts when it comes to hooking up, despite the fact that most students report being unhappy with casual sexual encounters. Drawing on a survey of over 1000 students from 26 institutions, as well as follow-up interviews, Jason King argues that religious culture on Catholic campuses can, in fact, have an impact on the school's hookup culture, but the relationship is complicated. In Faith with Benefits, King shows the complex way these ... Read more
Hookup culture has become widespread on college campuses, and Catholic colleges are no exception. Indeed, most studies have found no difference between Catholic colleges and their secular counterparts when it comes to hooking up, despite the fact that most students report being unhappy with casual sexual encounters. Drawing on a survey of over 1000 students from 26 institutions, as well as follow-up interviews, Jason King argues that religious culture on Catholic campuses can, in fact, have an impact on the school's hookup culture, but the relationship is complicated. In Faith with Benefits, King shows the complex way these ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
458g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780190244804
SKU
V9780190244804
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About Jason King
Jason King is Associate Professor and chair of the Theology Department at St. Vincent College. His research focuses on relationships and Catholic education. He has published essays in the Journal of Catholic Higher Education, Religious Education, Horizons, Journal of Ecumenical Studies, American Benedictine Review and the Journal of Moral Theology.
Reviews for Faith with Benefits: Hookup Culture on Catholic Campuses
With the accessible and disarming tone of an advice column, this book is a must-read for students, parents, student counselors, teachers, and researchers who are trying to enrich their understandings of campus lifestyles.
Jeremee D. Nute, The University of Alabama, Religious Studies Review
In the attempt to make hookups relational, King shows that there is a wide spectrum ... Read more
Jeremee D. Nute, The University of Alabama, Religious Studies Review
In the attempt to make hookups relational, King shows that there is a wide spectrum ... Read more