Acknowledgments  ix
Introduction. For All the Single Ladies: Black Women's Stories of Faith and Sexuality  1
1. Sexual Purity as PR: Tracing the Impact of Religious Media  21
2. Reading "Our" Bynum as Text: For a Black Woman by a Black Woman  29
3. Beyond Bynum: Analyzing Contemporary Faith-Based Sexuality Ministries  50
4. "Why I Gotta be Gay?": Approaches to Womanist Sexual Hospitality  81
5. "The Lord Still has Work for Me to Do": Analyzing Senior Sexuality and Faith-Based Sexuality Ministries  96
6. Horny and Holy: Saved Women Seeking Sexual Pleasure  116
Conclusion. Living Sexually Before God: A Contemporary Womanist Sexual Ethics  142
Notes  153
Bibliography  173
Index  183

"A stunning and dynamic sociological read on womanist sexual ethics." — Sandra Collins, Library Journal, starred review

"This book deserves a wide readership for its methodological sophistication, crystal clarity, and explicit commitment to women’s well being rooted in black women’s choices." — WATER: Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual

"This engaging multidisciplinary thought-provoking text will be of interest to academics, educators and researchers. . . . It brings new critical insights/analyses to a topic often considered taboo in these fields." — Uvanney Maylor, Ethnic and Racial Studies

"A stunning and dynamic sociological read on womanist sexual ethics." —Sandra Collins, Library Journal, starred review

"This book deserves a wide readership for its methodological sophistication, crystal clarity, and explicit commitment to women’s well being rooted in black women’s choices." —WATER: Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual

"This engaging multidisciplinary thought-provoking text will be of interest to academics, educators and researchers. . . . It brings new critical insights/analyses to a topic often considered taboo in these fields." —Uvanney Maylor, Ethnic and Racial Studies

“Monique Moultrie’s bold book is a must-read for those who refuse to allow black churches to remain irrelevant and irreverent in their failure to develop positive images for black bodies and sexuality. By focusing on the often-horrific messages that churches give black women, Moultrie provides a guide for black women to examine their sexual values and truths and offers a rich ethic to live our lives sexually and morally free.” — Emilie M. Townes, author of, Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil

"By examining black church women's increased adherence to faith-based sexuality ministries womanist ethicist Monique Moultrie, provides us with a robust and important starting point for meaningful twenty-first-century dialogue on Christian sexuality. This is a valuable read for scholars, church leaders, and laypersons." — Marla F. Frederick, author of, Colored Television: American Religion Gone Global

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