Christine Gardner
Christine Gardner | |
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Nationality | American |
Citizenship | United States |
Alma mater | Seattle Pacific University University of Washington Northwestern University |
Known for | Making Chastity Sexy |
Awards | Stephen E. Lucas Debut Publication Award |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Communication studies Gender studies HIV/AIDS Philosophy of religion Public sphere Rhetoric Sex education Social movements |
Institutions | Wheaton College |
Christine J. Gardner (born 1969) is an American journalist and a professor at Wheaton College.[1]
Work
Gardner's articles have frequently been published in Christianity Today.[2]
In 2012, her book Making Chastity Sexy won the Stephen E. Lucas Debut Publication Award for a scholarly monograph or book in the field of communication studies.[3] In preparation for writing the book, Gardner spent five years doing research at chastity events in various locations in the United States and Sub-Saharan Africa.[4] In the United States, she focused her investigation on three Evangelical organizations that advocate sexual abstinence:[5] Silver Ring Thing, True Love Waits, and Pure Freedom.[6]
Education
Gardner has received degrees from Seattle Pacific University, the University of Washington, and Northwestern University.[7]
Personal life
Gardner self-identifies as an Evangelical.[8]
She is from Normal, Illinois.[9]
References
- ^ Amy Frykholm (May 21, 2012). "Can Sex Sell Abstinence?". Religion & Politics. Retrieved March 21, 2013.
- ^ Lisa Yount (2002). Euthanasia. Greenhaven Press. p. 113. ISBN 0737708298.
- ^ "Stephen E. Lucas Debut Publication Award". National Communication Association. Retrieved March 21, 2013.
- ^ Amy DeRogatis (December 2012). "Making Chastity Sexy: The Rhetoric of Evangelical Abstinence Campaigns". Church History. 81 (4): 1044. doi:10.1017/S0009640712002454.
- ^ Tanda Gmiter (November 12, 2011). "Christianity Today interview: Evangelicals play up 'sexy abstinence' in purity campaigns". The Grand Rapids Press. Retrieved March 21, 2013.
- ^ Hennie Weiss (March 27, 2012). "Review - Making Chastity Sexy". Metapsychology Online Reviews. 16 (13). Retrieved March 21, 2013.
- ^ "Christy Gardner, Ph.D." Wheaton College. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
- ^ Sarah Pulliam Bailey (November 18, 2011). "The Rhetoric of Chastity: Making Abstinence Sexy". Christianity Today. Retrieved March 21, 2013.
- ^ "Can a suburban mom survive without a car?". Grist. July 20, 2006. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
- 1969 births
- Living people
- American magazine writers
- Writers from Illinois
- 21st-century American women writers
- American women journalists
- Protestant writers
- American Christian writers
- American relationships and sexuality writers
- American social sciences writers
- American spiritual writers
- American women academics
- American religion academics
- Wheaton College (Illinois) faculty
- Gender studies academics
- American celibacy advocates
- Communication scholars
- Philosophers of religion
- Meaning in religious language
- Rhetoric theorists
- American evangelicals
- Christian scholars
- Seattle Pacific University alumni
- University of Washington alumni
- Northwestern University alumni
- Women science writers
- 21st-century American non-fiction writers