![]() The backlash against the book built up over the years, until the author, Joshua Harris, finally spoke up. Although the book’s principles worked for some people, many faithful Christians were deeply hurt by its teachings and those of the larger “ purity culture.” Among the ideas promoted in the book were saving one’s first kiss for the wedding day and following a courtship model of relationships (in which marriage is the primary goal of the relationship from day one) as opposed to a getting-to-know-you model of casual dating. For young Christians at the turn of the 21st century, it promoted an easy formula that nearly guaranteed God-honoring relationships blissful marriages and, most of all, effortless, completely fulfilling sex lives. In 1997, a 21-year-old, unmarried man published a book that took American Christianity by storm: I Kissed Dating Goodbye: A New Attitude Towards Relationships and Romance. ![]()
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