Sex for Christians: The Limits and Liberties of Sexual Living
Lewis B. Smedes

"Published the year I was born (it's since been reissued in a lightly revised edition), this remains my favorite of the many Christian sexual ethics texts written for a broad audience."

Velma Still Cooks in Leeway: A Novel
Vinita Hampton Wright

"This novel deals with, among other themes, rape. In addition to being an absorbing read, it is a terrific resource for beginning conversations in church communities about sexual violence."

Our coverage includes:

The Wright Stuff | With Velma Still Cooks in Leeway, Vinita Hampton Wright leads a quiet transformation of Christian fiction. (April 23, 2001)

The Body and Society: Men, Women, and Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity
Peter Robert Lamont Brown

"A profound exploration of the meaning of sexual renunciation in early Christianity."

The Court of Common Pleas: A Novel
Alexandra Marshall

"This novel is an account of a marriage in crisis, and it offers one of the best portraits I've encountered of ordinary, blessed marital sexuality."

For Fidelity: How Intimacy and Commitment Enrich Our Lives
Catherine M. Wallace

"A beautiful meditation on erotic desire and fidelity."

Our coverage includes:

Real Sex | Making the case for fidelity. (April 6, 1998)

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Great suggestions! I would only add my own personal favorite: Song Of Songs (Interpretation, a Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching) by Robert W. Jenson What I like about this book is its deeply theological musings coupled with intensely practical relevance for sex.

I would add to that list David Matzko McCarthy's "Love and Sex in the Home". Its more about family systems than anything else, but the author has a very good thought provoking thesis and some very compelling arguments about the nature of relationships in our contemporary society.

Several of these novels are predictably Lauren Winner. Kind of "out there somewhere." Her appeal is rather limited but I understand to certain celebrity appeal Christian circles has thrown her way at times. I can't grasp a large number of the CT readers getting into a novel about rape, but perhaps a more target audience would combine sex with relationships to which several Kevin Leman books work and for doubters we could point out his titles actually sell huge numbers. The recent "7 things he'll never tell you but you need to know" as well as "sex begins in the kitchen" are classic. But I recognize this are about people enjoying sex and getting along vs the pattern of sex obsession Ms Winner has lectured is on so many times before. She presented herself as an expert in her mid 20s and still likes this topic. What else you guys got for us?

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