Samuel L. Perry is assistant professor of sociology and religious studies at the University of Oklahoma. His research explores the changing dynamics of religious and family life in the United States. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and he is also the author of Growing God's Family: The Global Orphan Care Movement and the Limits of Evangelical Activism (2017). He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.

• PrefaceAcknowledgments IntroductionChapter 1: From Obscenity Outside to Addiction WithinChapter 2: Fifty Shades of Gray Area?On MasturbationChapter 3: Fleshly Lusts That War Against the SoulChapter 4: Every Man's Battle?Chapter 5: Till Porn Do Us PartChapter 6: So Help Me God (or Whatever Works)Conclusion Appendix A: Methods and DataAppendix B: TablesAppendix C: Interview GuidesNotesBibliographyIndex

...scholars interested in the intersection of religion, gender, and sexuality would do well to read... the accessible writing that engages with questions about "porn addiction" and the role of congregations in individual believers' lives also makes Addicted to Lust a helpful read for nonspecialists in the field. Perry successfully balances a text that religious leaders, counselors, lay believers, and scholars can all read and come away with critical insights.

Samuel L. Perry is assistant professor of sociology and religious studies at the University of Oklahoma. His research explores the changing dynamics of religious and family life in the United States. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and he is also the author of Growing God's Family: The Global Orphan Care Movement and the Limits of Evangelical Activism (2017). He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.

• PrefaceAcknowledgments IntroductionChapter 1: From Obscenity Outside to Addiction WithinChapter 2: Fifty Shades of Gray Area?On MasturbationChapter 3: Fleshly Lusts That War Against the SoulChapter 4: Every Man's Battle?Chapter 5: Till Porn Do Us PartChapter 6: So Help Me God (or Whatever Works)Conclusion Appendix A: Methods and DataAppendix B: TablesAppendix C: Interview GuidesNotesBibliographyIndex

...scholars interested in the intersection of religion, gender, and sexuality would do well to read... the accessible writing that engages with questions about "porn addiction" and the role of congregations in individual believers' lives also makes Addicted to Lust a helpful read for nonspecialists in the field. Perry successfully balances a text that religious leaders, counselors, lay believers, and scholars can all read and come away with critical insights.

Samuel L. Perry is assistant professor of sociology and religious studies at the University of Oklahoma. His research explores the changing dynamics of religious and family life in the United States. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and he is also the author of Growing God's Family: The Global Orphan Care Movement and the Limits of Evangelical Activism (2017). He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.

• PrefaceAcknowledgments IntroductionChapter 1: From Obscenity Outside to Addiction WithinChapter 2: Fifty Shades of Gray Area?On MasturbationChapter 3: Fleshly Lusts That War Against the SoulChapter 4: Every Man's Battle?Chapter 5: Till Porn Do Us PartChapter 6: So Help Me God (or Whatever Works)Conclusion Appendix A: Methods and DataAppendix B: TablesAppendix C: Interview GuidesNotesBibliographyIndex

...scholars interested in the intersection of religion, gender, and sexuality would do well to read... the accessible writing that engages with questions about "porn addiction" and the role of congregations in individual believers' lives also makes Addicted to Lust a helpful read for nonspecialists in the field. Perry successfully balances a text that religious leaders, counselors, lay believers, and scholars can all read and come away with critical insights.