Love, Sex, Relationships, God....

Well, sorry, we don't really have great advice for you, but we have been asking friends for titles of books they recommend on these subjects. We hope that this will be a good resource for you--and that you'll click on the comments button and add your own favorites! Online resources, audio, other resources are welcome here, too.


Sex God: Exploring the Endless Connections Between Sexuality and Spirituality by Rob Bell
read a review
*will get you thinking about sexuality in some new ways

Rob Bell is also featured on the short nooma.com DVD, "Flame"

Unhooked: How Young Women Pursue Sex, Delay Love and Lose at Both by Washington Post reporter Laura Sessions Stepp Read a review
*a journalist's look at sexual relationships in contemporary university culture

Sex and the Soul: Juggling Sexuality, Spirituality, Romance and Religion on America's College Campuses by Donna Frietas, with a foreword by Lauren Winner Read a review
*lots of statistics in this book--the reviews may be all the info you need

Love Letters from Cell 92: The Correspondence Between Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Maria von Wedemeyer 1943-45, Ruth-Alice von Bismarck, editor read a review
*"Wait with me, I beg you! Let me embrace you long and tenderly, let me kiss you and love you and stroke the sorrow from your brow. " No, this is not an excerpt from a Harlequin romance. These are the impassioned longings of the champion of radical discipleship himself, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, as he wrote from a Nazi prison camp to his young fiancee, Maria von Wedemeyer. Our favorite collection of love letters!

The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
*written for married couples but a great way to understand all caring relationships

Bold Love by Dan B. Allender and Trempter Longman
*Don't just forgive and forget...instead, learn what genuine love is

Inside Out by Lawrence Crabb
*God can mold you into a person who is honest, courageous and loving

A Heart to Heart About Men: Words of Encouragement for Women of Integrity by Nancy Groom

As For Me And My House: Crafting Your Marriage to Last by Walter Wangerin
*for engaged and married couples, the early chapters may be helpful for dating, too

Friendship: a Study in Theological Ethics by Gilbert Meilander
*love considered in more scholarly terms

Thanks to Ida Bell, Shawn Slate, Amy Zell and Wes Zell for their book recommendations!