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Sex and Virtue: An Introduction to Sexual Ethics / Edition 1

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ISBN-10:: 0813213460
ISBN-13:: 9780813213460
Pub. Date:: 09/28/2003
Publisher:: The Catholic University of America Press

ISBN-10:: 0813213460
ISBN-13:: 9780813213460
Pub. Date:: 09/28/2003
Publisher:: The Catholic University of America Press

Sex and Virtue: An Introduction to Sexual Ethics / Edition 1

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ISBN-13:	9780813213460
Publisher:	The Catholic University of America Press
Publication date:	09/28/2003
Series:	Catholic Moral Thought Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	213
Sales rank:	993,757
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 6.00(h) x (d)

	Acknowledgments	vii
	Introduction	ix
1.	Clashing Symbols: Sex, Conscience, and Authority	1
I.	The Experience of Alienation	2
II.	Sex: The American Ethos	4
III.	Humanae vitae: Flashpoint of Controversy	10
IV.	The Legal Powder Keg	14
V.	A Twofold Alienation	19
2.	Covenant and Sacrament	23
I.	Biblical Interpretation	24
II.	The Nature of Covenant	29
III.	Sex as Covenantal: Genesis 2	32
IV.	Covenantal Sexuality Fallen and Redeemed	38
V.	Intercourse as Anamnesis: Theological Developments	43
3.	Kingdom, Discipleship, Character	49
I.	Conversion and Discipleship	49
II.	Kingdom, Covenant, Beatitude	53
III.	The Character of a Disciple	59
IV.	Sex and Character	62
V.	Toward a Spirituality of Christian Sexuality	65
4.	Sex and Chastity	71
I.	Chastity and Early Christianity	72
II.	Chastity in Aquinas	78
III.	The Eclipse of Chastity in Moral Teaching	84
IV.	Chastity and Personalism	85
V.	Psychological Perspectives	89
VI.	Chastity and Culture	93
5.	Male and Female: Equality, Difference, Dignity	96
I.	Genesis Revisited	98
II.	Other Biblical Teaching	103
III.	Contemporary Reflections	107
IV.	Ethical Import	111
V.	Conclusion	125
6.	Covenant Fidelity, Fertility, and the Gift of Self	127
I.	Fertility and the Gift of Self	128
II.	Some Implications	132
III.	Further Questions	140
IV.	A Test Case for Growth in Marital Chastity: The Practice of Periodic Continence	142
7.	Teaching Sex: Education, Sexuality, Character	155
I.	Vision and Values	156
II.	Practices Make Perfect	157
III.	Moral Norms: Only the Beginning	159
IV.	An Authentic Gradualism	162
V.	The Role of Community	163
VII.	Friendship	166
VII.	Toward a Culture of Life	167
VIII.	Conclusion	168
	Works Cited	169
	Index	185

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