Reading, Pa.  –Author Donna Freitas, Ph.D., will present a lecture, “Sex and the Soul,” based on her book, Sex and the Soul: Juggling Sexuality, Spirituality, Romance and Religion on America’s College Campuses, on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011, at 7 p.m.  The lecture will be held in Klein Lecture Hall, Center for the Arts, and is free and open to the public.

“Sex and the Soul” is comprised of dozens of candid interviews with college students from across the country. The students interviewed attend public, private, Christian and Evangelical schools, and their stories show the struggles that young men and women face on college campuses.

Freitas is an assistant professor of religion at Boston University. She received a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Georgetown University and a doctorate in religion from Catholic University.  She is a regular contributor to Beliefnet, The Washington Post and Newsweek’s “On Faith” panel.  She wrote the book Becoming a Goddess of Inner Poise: Spirituality for the Bridget Jones in All of Us.  She has also written for The Wall Street Journal and has appeared on NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

For more information or disabled assistance, please contact the Albright College Relations Office at 610-921-7526.  Klein Lecture Hall is located in the Center for the Arts on the Albright College campus at 13th & Bern Streets, Reading, Pa.

Founded in 1856, Albright College is a nationally ranked, private college with a rigorous liberal arts curriculum with an interdisciplinary focus. The College’s hallmarks are connecting fields of learning, collaborative teaching and learning, and a flexible curriculum that allows students to create an individualized education. Albright College enrolls more than 1,660 undergraduates in traditional programs, another 500 adult students in accelerated degree programs, and 100 students in the master’s program in education. Albright College is located in Reading, Pennsylvania, about 60 miles west of Philadelphia.