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

• Autore: Salzman Todd A
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
• Disciplina: 241/.66088282
• Soggetto topico: Sex - Religious aspects - Catholic Church
• Altri autori: LawlerMichael G
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The sexual person
• ISBN: 1-58901-726-9; 1-4356-6027-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910806231303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Moral traditions series.