The sexual person : toward a renewed Catholic anthropology / Todd A. Salzman and Michael G. Lawler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salzman, Todd A.

Contributor:

Lawler, Michael G.

Series:

Moral traditions series.

Moral traditions series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Sex.

Catholic Church--Doctrines.

Catholic Church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Two principles capture the essence of the official Catholic position on the morality of sexuality: first, that any human genital act must occur within the framework of heterosexual marriage; second, each and every marriage act must remain open to the transmission of life. In this comprehensive overview of Catholicism and sexuality, theologians Todd A. Salzman and Michael G. Lawler examine and challenge these principles. Remaining firmly within the Catholic tradition, they contend that the church is being inconsistent in its teaching by adopting a dynamic, historically conscious anthropology an

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Prologue; One: Sexual Morality in the Catholic Tradition: A Brief History; Two: Natural Law and Sexual Anthropology: Catholic Traditionalists; Three: Natural Law and Sexual Anthropology: Catholic Revisionists; Four: Unitive Sexual Morality: A Revised Foundational Principle and Anthropology; Five: Marital Morality; Six: Cohabitation and the Process of Marrying; Seven: Homosexuality; Eight: Artificial Reproductive Technologies; Epilogue; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781589017269

1589017269

9781435660274

1435660277

OCLC:

652626221