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TechnographConverted Christian author spreads message of chasitity to students
By Megan Kelly
Posted: 3/16/07 Section: News
Last year she published, "The Thrill of the Chaste: Finding Fulfillment While Keeping Your Clothes On," which described her spiritual journey and taught young adults what chastity is and why they should consider it.
"I wrote the book because when I first began thinking about chastity, the only books available were by virgins until marriage for virgins until marriage," Eden said. "I wanted to write the kind of book that I had hoped would have been written for me."
"Her book demonstrates a lifestyle of respect," said Katharine Johnson, senior in Communications and a coordinator of the lecture. "I hope people attending the lecture will realize that chastity isn't strange. It's beautiful, useful and it helps us to see that we are individuals and not just one-night stands."
Dr. David Delaney, assistant director at the University's Institute of Catholic Thought, said that Eden's message is important because it shows there are other satisfying options to being promiscuous.
"She speaks to what a lot of people, especially college-aged people, are starting to realize: that the lifestyle our culture promotes doesn't live up to what it says it will be," Delaney said.
"While we can not all be virgins, we can still all be chaste," Eden said.
"I wrote the book because when I first began thinking about chastity, the only books available were by virgins until marriage for virgins until marriage," Eden said. "I wanted to write the kind of book that I had hoped would have been written for me."
"Her book demonstrates a lifestyle of respect," said Katharine Johnson, senior in Communications and a coordinator of the lecture. "I hope people attending the lecture will realize that chastity isn't strange. It's beautiful, useful and it helps us to see that we are individuals and not just one-night stands."
Dr. David Delaney, assistant director at the University's Institute of Catholic Thought, said that Eden's message is important because it shows there are other satisfying options to being promiscuous.
"She speaks to what a lot of people, especially college-aged people, are starting to realize: that the lifestyle our culture promotes doesn't live up to what it says it will be," Delaney said.
"While we can not all be virgins, we can still all be chaste," Eden said.
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Mark Soper
posted 3/19/07 @ 9:24 PM EST
Ms. Eden is uniquely positioned both to understand the truth of what she is writing and teaching and to be able to convey it to a generation distrustful of received wisdom. (Continued…)
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