The Porn Wars

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Talbot School of Theology at Biola University / Sean McDowell & Scott Rae

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🗓️ 28 September 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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What is the state of the current debate over the morality and legality of pornography? Is porn really harmful? Can pro-porn and anti-porn groups find common ground? In this episode, Sean and Scott discuss these questions and the recent book "The Pornography Wars" by sociologist Kelsy Burke. They also offer some practical advice for parents and church workers to help young people think biblically about sex and pornography.Read a transcript of this episode at https://www.biola.edu/blogs/think-b...

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0:00.0	What is the state of the battle over both the morality and the legality of
0:06.9	pornography and have they changed over the past few years and what might parents
0:12.0	teachers school churches do better to address our pornography
0:17.0	pandemic here in this country?
0:19.3	We'll explore these questions today and a few more as we discuss the recent book the pornography wars by the sociologist
0:25.9	Kelsey Burke. Welcome to Think Biblically, a podcast of Talbot School of Theology at
0:30.9	Biola University.
0:32.5	Sean, I know you've studied this a lot more than I have you written on it,
0:36.6	been lecturing on it for years and years.
0:38.7	I know this was a big deal for your dad too.
0:41.1	That's right.
0:42.0	He spent a lot of his career talking about this as well. So I think
0:47.1	you have a good grasp of how the issues have changed and where the debates are today
0:52.0	that maybe they weren't 20 years ago or so.
0:55.0	So tell it, just tell our reviewers and listeners a little bit first.
0:59.5	How has the landscape of the debate changed over the years that you've been involved in this conversation?
1:06.4	Yeah, one of the interesting things about her book is she starts off and gives a couple chapters on like the history of pornography in America,
1:13.0	which I frankly had never thought about,
1:15.0	always thought this is a modern phenomena
1:17.0	basically since magazines in VHS.
1:19.0	She takes it back all the way to like the Civil War and walks through how this has been a constant
1:25.9	source of conversation in American history.
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