This is a fantistic book on chastity ... the least liked/understood of them all. Winner's greatest argument in this whole book is that all Christians are a part of the Body of Christ. We live in community there for chastity is a communal ideal. Therefore, the Church needs to reevaluate how it understands 1) the Christian Life, 2) the acquiring of virtues and 3) how we live as one body.

The argument for sex not being a private but a communal act is important to understand. In the same way, no sinful act or act of virture is private either. All the things we do have an affect on ourselves as a person and on our communities, since we are members of them.

Winner, appropriately, does not include a discussion of homosexuality in this book as it is not nessecary to her stated purpose. She does an excellent job at describing the sacramental life of the Church as a necessary way to view our entire lives. It is not enough to be forgiven, one must obey Christ and "Go, and sin no more." Something that is made possible by the power of God's grace.