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Choice: Never Married and Paul
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Being never-married is culturally presented as a choice a person makes—especially a consumer-driven choice—in which one chooses to be married, or not. One result is that people (especially women) and sexual relationships become objects for consumption, driven by desire. Sexual desire becomes a consumer desire that can be gotten at will, like a product in a store. Consumer desire in turn shows up in the descriptions people have about wanting to get married. At the same time, remaining unmarried continues to be seen as a mistaken consumer “choice,” especially among Christians. The Apostle Paul, a never-married man, offers new possibilities for thinking about choices. His focus is not on whether to remain single or get married, but rather to choose to engage each relationship (whether romantic or not) with the care and love it deserves.
Title: Choice: Never Married and Paul
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Being never-married is culturally presented as a choice a person makes—especially a consumer-driven choice—in which one chooses to be married, or not.
One result is that people (especially women) and sexual relationships become objects for consumption, driven by desire.
Sexual desire becomes a consumer desire that can be gotten at will, like a product in a store.
Consumer desire in turn shows up in the descriptions people have about wanting to get married.
At the same time, remaining unmarried continues to be seen as a mistaken consumer “choice,” especially among Christians.
The Apostle Paul, a never-married man, offers new possibilities for thinking about choices.
His focus is not on whether to remain single or get married, but rather to choose to engage each relationship (whether romantic or not) with the care and love it deserves.
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