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["Matthew Davies" <mdavies@episcopalchurch.org>]

>Episcopal Life Daily
>September 11, 2008

Episcopal Life Online is available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife.

>Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* DIOCESAN DIGEST - FORT WORTH: More diocesan leaders endorse realignment
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - MAINE: Art connects dioceses of Maine and Haiti
* DAYBOOK - September 12, 2008: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - Sex & the Soul: Juggling Sexuality, Spirituality,
Romance, and Religion on America's College Campuses

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

FORT WORTH: More diocesan leaders endorse realignment
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_100590_ENG_HTM.htm

MAINE: Art connects dioceses of Maine and Haiti
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_100591_ENG_HTM.htm

More Diocesan news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_ENG_HTM.htm

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>DAYBOOK

On September 12, 2008, the Church calendar remembers John Henry
Hobart, bishop of New York (1775-1830).

* Today in Scripture: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/82457_ENG_HTM.htm

* Today in Prayer: Anglican Cycle of Prayer:

http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acp/index.cfm

* Today in History: On September 12, 1922, the House of Bishops of the
Episcopal Church voted in favor of deleting the word "obey" from the
marriage vows.

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>CATALYST

"Sex & the Soul: Juggling Sexuality, Spirituality, Romance, and
Religion on America's College Campuses" from Oxford University Press,
by Donna Freitas, with a foreword by Lauren Winner, 299 pages,
hardcover, c. 2008, $24.95

[Oxford University Press] Today's college students are fascinated by
religion but they are also more sexually active than previous
generations. How do these young people reconcile their spiritual
longings with sexual freedom on campus?

Based on dozens of face-to-face interviews, Sex and the Soul explores
the sexual and spiritual lives of today's college students. Donna
Freitas crisscrossed the country, visiting a range of America's
colleges and universities -- from public to private, Catholic to
evangelical -- to find out what students had to say about these highly
personal subjects. Their stories will not only engage readers, but, in
many cases, move them with the painful struggles these candid young
women and men face. Indeed, the book uncovers aspects of college life
that may unsettle some readers, especially parents. Many campuses, for
instance, are dominated by the hook-up culture of casual sex.
Moreover, a surprising number of students see little connection
between sex and religion. Indeed, these observations hold true even at
Catholic schools. Only at evangelical colleges is religion an
important factor when deciding whether or not to engage in sex. But
Freitas's research also reveals that, even at secular schools,
students are not comfortable with the prevalence of casual sex, and
that they do want religion to speak about what they should do and who
they should try to be -- not just what they should avoid doing.

Sex and the Soul will offer readers the chance to hear college
students speaking honestly about extremely sensitive topics, in a book
that will be of great interest to students, parents, clergy, teachers,
and anyone who wants to know what's happening on today's college
campuses.

To order: Episcopal Books and Resources, online at
http://www.episcopalbookstore.org, or call 800-903-5544 -- or visit
your local Episcopal bookseller, http://www.episcopalbooksellers.org

More Catalyst: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/83842_ENG_HTM.htm