Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
10-26-2018
Department
Social Work
Keywords
In All Things, book review, Why Can't We Be Friends, avoidance, purity, Aimee Byrd
Abstract
"Christians typically assume that the best way to avoid this temptation of engaging in sexual impurity is to avoid anything even resembling friendship with someone of the opposite sex. Byrd, however, argues that avoidance is not purity; it is simply avoidance."
Posting about the book Why Can't We Be Friends? from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.
https://inallthings.org/focus-on-friendship-a-review-of-why-cant-we-be-friends/
Recommended Citation
Olson, E. (2018). Focus on Friendship: A Review of "Why Can't We Be Friends?". Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.dordt.edu/faculty_work/988
Comments
In All Things is a publication of the Andreas Center for Reformed Scholarship and Service at Dordt College.