Samuel L. Perry (Ph.D., University of Chicago) is the Sam K. Viersen Presidential Professor of Sociology at the University of Oklahoma. He is among the nation's leading experts on conservative Christianity and American politics, race, families, and sexual behavior. Along with well over 100 peer-reviewed articles published in leading academic journals, Dr. Perry is also the author or co-author of five books, including Addicted to Lust (Oxford, 2019), Taking America Back for God (Oxford, 2020, with Andrew Whitehead), and The Flag and the Cross (Oxford, 2022, with Philip Gorski). His most recent book is Religion for Realists: Why We All Need the Scientific Study of Religion (Oxford, 2024).

• PrefaceAcknowledgments Introduction: "The Greatest Threat"Chapter 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 (Ph.D., University of Chicago) is the Sam K. Viersen Presidential Professor of Sociology at the University of Oklahoma. He is among the nation's leading experts on conservative Christianity and American politics, race, families, and sexual behavior. Along with well over 100 peer-reviewed articles published in leading academic journals, Dr. Perry is also the author or co-author of five books, including Addicted to Lust (Oxford, 2019), Taking America Back for God (Oxford, 2020, with Andrew Whitehead), and The Flag and the Cross (Oxford, 2022, with Philip Gorski). His most recent book is Religion for Realists: Why We All Need the Scientific Study of Religion (Oxford, 2024).

• PrefaceAcknowledgments Introduction: "The Greatest Threat"Chapter 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 (Ph.D., University of Chicago) is the Sam K. Viersen Presidential Professor of Sociology at the University of Oklahoma. He is among the nation's leading experts on conservative Christianity and American politics, race, families, and sexual behavior. Along with well over 100 peer-reviewed articles published in leading academic journals, Dr. Perry is also the author or co-author of five books, including Addicted to Lust (Oxford, 2019), Taking America Back for God (Oxford, 2020, with Andrew Whitehead), and The Flag and the Cross (Oxford, 2022, with Philip Gorski). His most recent book is Religion for Realists: Why We All Need the Scientific Study of Religion (Oxford, 2024).

• PrefaceAcknowledgments Introduction: "The Greatest Threat"Chapter 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.