![]() ![]() Most of the people who responded expressed how the purity movement in general and the book in particular warped their views of dating, marriage, and themselves. Reading through these comments and private messages was heartbreaking as most of the respondents had highly negative replies. ![]() Harris apologized for the hurt his book caused and has asked that his publisher discontinue its publication.Īfter the statement was released, I put out a call on Facebook for people to share whether or how I Kissed Dating Goodbye affected their experiences with dating, marriage, and sex. ![]() Recently the book’s author, Joshua Harris, issued a statement retracting his support of the book. It encouraged concepts that Harris admitted were not biblical, such as “giving your heart away.” The book’s place at the center of Christian purity culture inspired a whole generation of young Christians to avoid dating, to view marriage as life’s ultimate goal, and to see sexual sin as worse than any other type of sin. The book advocated for courtship as an alternative to dating and against kissing before marriage. While it was not the only book to come out of evangelical purity culture in the 90s ( Wild at Heart and Captivating come to mind), it is perhaps the most famous. If you were an evangelical teen in the late 90s or early 00s, more likely than not you were given a copy of or told about Joshua Harris’ book, I Kissed Dating Goodbye. ![]()
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