Man and woman He created them : a theology of the body
John Paul (Author), Michael Waldstein (Translator, Writer of introduction)
xxx, 733 pages ; 24 cm
9780819874214, 0819874213
65197852
Introduction by Michael Waldstein
Part One: The Words of Christ
Chapter One: Christ appeals to the "Beginning"
The meaning of original solitude
The meaning of original unity
The meaning of original nakedness
Man in the dimension of gift
"Knowledge" and procreation (Gen 4:1)
[Conclusion: an integral vision]
Chapter Two: Christ appeals to the human heart
In the light of the Sermon on the Mount
The man of concupiscence
Insatiability of the union
Commandment and Ethos
The "Heart"
accused or called?
The ethos of the redemption of the body
Purity as "Life according to the Spirit"
The gospel of purity of heart
yesterday and today
Appendix: The ethos of the body in art and media
Chapter Three: Christ appeals to the resurrection
The resurrection of the body as a reality of the "Future world"
Continence for the Kingdom of Heaven
[Conclusion of Part One] [The redemption of the body]
Part Two: The Sacrament
Chapter One: The dimension of Covenant and of Grace
Ephesians 5:21-33
Sacrament and mystery
Sacrament and "Redemption of the Body"
Chapter Two: The dimension of sign
"Language of the Body" and the reality of the sign
The Song of Songs
When the "Language of the Body" becomes the language of the liturgy (reflections on Tobit)
Chapter Three: He gave them the law of life as their inheritance
The ethical problem
Outline of conjugal spirituality
[Conclusion]