Few cultural issues alarm conservative Protestant families and faith communities like the seemingly ubiquitous threat of pornography. Once confident of their victory over pornography in society at large, conservative Protestants now fear that "porn addiction" is consuming even the most faithful. Drawing on over 130 interviews as well as numerous national surveys, Addicted to Lust shows that, compared to other Americans, pornography shapes the lives ofconservative Protestants in uniquely damaging ways.

• Preface


• Acknowledgments




• Introduction


• Chapter 1: From Obscenity Outside to Addiction Within


• Chapter 2: Fifty Shades of Gray Area?On Masturbation


• Chapter 3: Fleshly Lusts That War Against the Soul


• Chapter 4: Every Man's Battle?


• Chapter 5: Till Porn Do Us Part


• Chapter 6: So Help Me God (or Whatever Works)


• Conclusion


• Appendix A: Methods and Data


• Appendix B: Tables


• Appendix C: Interview Guides


• Notes


• Bibliography


• Index

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.