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Sex and Virtue
John S. Grabowski
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Description for Sex and Virtue
Paperback. This book provides a theological foundation for consideration of the moral dimensions of human sexuality from a Roman Catholic perspective. It proposes an understanding of covenant fidelity wedded to the virtue of chastity. Series: Catholic Moral Thought. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 334.
Contemporary western culture is awash with ideologies that reduce sexuality to an outlet for pleasure, an ecstatic form of release needed for personal fulfillment, or a commodity to be bought and sold. Many Christians living in such a culture find themselves uncertain as to how to respond from within churches torn by controversy, embarrassed by scandal, and thus driven into uneasy silence on sexual matters. Catholic moral theology, itself at the epicentre of this controversy over sexual issues since ""Humanae vitae"", has struggled to respond to the call for renewal issues by the Second Vatican Council. This book provides a ... Read more
Contemporary western culture is awash with ideologies that reduce sexuality to an outlet for pleasure, an ecstatic form of release needed for personal fulfillment, or a commodity to be bought and sold. Many Christians living in such a culture find themselves uncertain as to how to respond from within churches torn by controversy, embarrassed by scandal, and thus driven into uneasy silence on sexual matters. Catholic moral theology, itself at the epicentre of this controversy over sexual issues since ""Humanae vitae"", has struggled to respond to the call for renewal issues by the Second Vatican Council. This book provides a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Catholic Moral Thought
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9780813213460
SKU
V9780813213460
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About John S. Grabowski
John S. Grabowski is Associate Professor of Moral Theology and Associate Dean of the School of Religious Studies at The Catholic University of America. In addition to numerous articles and reviews, Grabowski is the author of the foreword to the English edition of Pope John Paul II's Theology of the Body.
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