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Sex on earth as it is in heaven : a Christian eschatology of desire / Patricia Beattie Jung.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jung, Patricia Beattie, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Future life--Catholic Church.
- Future life.
- Resurrection.
- Sex--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
- Sex.
- Desire--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
- Desire.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (299 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Albany, New York : SUNY Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- This work is part of a growing chorus of theological voices raised in support of erotic desire. Although most theologians have concluded that there will be no experience of sexual desire and delight in the world to come, Patricia Beattie Jung critically examines the historical traditions and biblical rationales for this teaching. She defends an alternative claim that there will be a healed and glorified experience of sex in heaven based on a compelling account of the Christian hope for bodily resurrection. The first half of the work focuses on Christian foundations for the notion of sex in heaven, while the second goes on to discuss some of the implications of those convictions for sex on earth. Jung concludes with discussions of how best to nurture sexual delight on earth and how and why internet pornography fails in that regard.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781438463834
- 1438463839
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