Faith with Benefits
Hookup Culture on Catholic Campuses
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
Published:6th Apr '17
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
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 dynamics play out at Catholic colleges and universities. There is no straightforward relationship, for example, between orthodoxy and hookup culture--some of the schools with the weakest Catholic identities also have weaker hookup cultures. And not all students see hookup culture the same way. Some see a hookup is just a casual encounter, but others see hooking up as a gateway to a relationship. Faith with Benefits gives voice to students and so reveals how their faith, the faith of their friends, and the institutional structures of their campus give rise to different hookup cultures. In doing so, King addresses the questions of students who don't know where to turn for practical guidance on how to navigate an ever-shifting network of hookups.
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 of what constitutes a relationship. * James F. Keenan, S.J., Boston College, Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics (JSCE) *
Jason King has now written a book that helps us understand the various nuances among sexual cultures within Catholic institutions. * Perry L. Glanzer, Baylor University, Christian Scholar's Review *
[King] provides a great deal of data from his research as well as the insights of the students themselves, and he helpfully takes us deeper into the differing Catholic cultures to give us a feel of their resources and of the strategies their students ingeniously develop. In a word, his research and analysis are credible and very satisfying. * Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics *
Provide[s] us with brilliant insight into the sexual lives of Catholic college students. * Christian Scholar's Review *
The book will be engaging for undergraduates taking marriage and sexual ethics courses, in part because King's language is readable and the topic very much engages their own interests. * Horizons *
Should be the go-to book for those involved in undergraduate student life in Catholic higher education. * Sociology of Religion *
[T]his book is probably most appropriate for those interested in understanding campus cultures. In particular, King makes many recommendations for people that work for Catholic colleges and who want to provide students with an alternative to the hookup culture. * Reading Religion *
ISBN: 9780190244804
Dimensions: 165mm x 234mm x 28mm
Weight: 468g
240 pages