Rebecca St. James & Nancy Rue Combat 'Fifty Shades of Grey' with 'One Last Thing'; Book Speaks on Dangers of Pornography

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Longtime Christian artist Rebecca St. James along with co-author Nancy Rue are responding to "Fifty Shades of Grey" with their own story of relationships and pornography, "One Last Thing."

The authors are looking to change the notion that there is such thing as "acceptable porn," and want to bring awareness to just how damaging this type of thinking can be.

"One Last Thing," is bringing readers another view of pornography with this one being the fictional recount of a young couple whose relationship is tragically shattered by hidden addiction.

"There is no 'grey 'area," said St. James in a recent interview. "Pornography is an issue that unfortunately ultimately ends up bringing abuse of women into an arena of being more openly acceptable.By calling it what it is, we know that pornography is an abuse of women that causes them to be objectified and often leads to violence in real life. Unfortunately, films like 'Fifty Shades of Grey' bring abuse out of the shadows and make it seem normal or even desirable and intriguing, creating even more of a lure in today's culture."

 

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It seems statistics prove her point to be valid as a recent study published by the Huffington Post states, porn sites now allegedly get more visitors per month than Netflix, Amazon, and Twitter - 450 million unique visitors monthly. The report states it is currently a 13 billion dollar a year industry with more than 30% of the Internet bandwidth is devoted to pornography. An estimated 70% of men and 30% of women admitting to regularly viewing online. The research concludes that the earliest ages kid are generally viewing porn is 11 years-old with 90% of teens saying they have viewed sexually explicit materials.

She felt that teaming with co-author Nancy Rue on the new book offers inspirational content that will encourage and empower readers to handle the real life challenges of pornography that are daily at hand.

"When I found I had an opportunity to collaborate on a series of Christian books with a writer of the caliber of Nancy Rue, I really had the vision for us to create a series of books promoting topics that are culturally relevant," she said in a press release. " I think sometimes when you broach topics such as self-abuse, abortion and pornography,as we individually have on the three books we've worked on together, you realize that a lot of people need practical emotional and spiritiual help in these areas. The books are written as fiction but are filled with truth on how to handle tough issues in life in self-affirming ways that are positive and empowering."

She continued, "This book has a very compelling quality that I think will draw readers with both the reality and courage needed to handle the real life challenges of hidden addiction through God's lens of love and redemptive values."

"One Last Thing" released nationally on March 10 on paperback from Thomas Nelson and is now available in bookstores and through online book retailers.