Real Sex The Naked Truth About Chastity by Lauren Winner

"It is unquestionably impossible to write a book about sex that is as exciting as the topic itself. But Lauren Winner comes close. She has written a book of beauty, mystery, stern challenge, and great joy. And she has written it in a humble, honest, literate, elegant voice. I hope it finds many readers."
-John Ortberg, Menlo Park Presbyterian Church

"Edgy, smart, hip, gutsy. They are good words in and themselves, and they certainly describe Lauren Winner's Real Sex. But so too do words like thoughtful, commanding, unflinching, and surgically insightful. Real Sex is far and away the most accessible, best argued, clearest exposition of Christian teaching on sexuality that I have read in years. I commend it to every contemporary Christian regardless of his or her and stage in life."
-Phyllis Tickle, author of The Divine Hours

"Thank you, Lauren. Now we pastors have a book we can give with confidence to people we serve and lead who have questions about sexuality. It is gentile, firm, honest, candid, reverent, informed, wise, apt, warm, human, and- in the best sense of the word- spiritual."
-Brian McLaren, author of A New Kind of Christian and A Generous Orthodoxy

"Real Sex is a hopeful and sober book, encouraging readers to risk vulnerable intimacy and fidelity. Chastity, it turns out, is hard, grace-filled work, worthy of our effort and prayer."
-Amy Laura Hall, Duke Divinity School

"Real Sex is really helpful, especially for Christian singles who have been wandering too long in a vale of churchy platitudes and long for something they can implement in their real lives."
-Frederica Mathewes-Green, author of The Illumined Heart

"Finally, a book that acknowledges the realities and complexities of sexual temptation. The 'real' in the title of this book is no mistake; Lauren not only discusses the theology of chastity and 'one flesh', she also covers the reality of hormones and casual hook-ups. And she writes with all the vulnerability, intelligence, scholarly research, pop culture awareness, and anecdotal evidence this topic requires. Thanks, Lauren, for a book I've wanted- and needed- to read for a long time."
-Camerin Courtney, author of Table for One