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Overview
Catholic Sexual Morality is grounded in the belief that the church's teachings on sex correspond to God's plan for human happiness. These teachings are challenging, and the church understands how easy it is to fail in sexual matters. God's mercy, however, is more powerful than human weakness and sin. This book explains the reasons why the Catholic Church teaches as she does on matters such as pornography, masturbation, fornication, adultery, contraception, divorce, and homosexual acts. It presents these teachings in a realistic way with full recognition of the reasons why people reject them. The ultimate desire is to help people understand that Catholic sexual morality is not a creation of church leaders but a response to what God has made known to us in Sacred Scripture and the natural law. In a world filled with infidelity, divorce, wounded children, and broken hearts, the wisdom of traditional Catholic sexual morality deserves a more sympathetic view—not just because it is Catholic but because it is true.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781532641305 |
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| Publisher: | Wipf & Stock Publishers |
| Publication date: | 01/04/2018 |
| Pages: | 180 |
| Sales rank: | 577,344 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.36(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Foreword Dr. Janet E. Smith 9
Introduction - The Good News about Sex: God Wishes Happiness for His Children 13
Chapter 1 The Struggle for Chastity: The Case of St. Augustine 21
Chapter 2 In the Beginning: The Theology of the Body 29
Chapter 3 The Beauty, Holiness, and Indissolubility of Marriage 35
Chapter 4 Sexual Sins and God's Mercy 57
Chapter 5 Pornography 65
Chapter 6 Masturbation 73
Chapter 7 Homosexuality 79
Chapter 8 Fornication and Cohabitation 95
Chapter 9 Marital Chastity 105
Chapter 10 The Magisterium, Conscience, and the Question of Dissent 115
Chapter 11 Growing in Chastity 123
Appendix A The Essential Ends and Properties of Marriage: Is There a Hierarchy? 131
Appendix B Guidance from the Church: A Summary of Key Magisterial Documents 143
Bibliography 151
Index 161
What People are Saying About This
“Fastiggi begins his work with a recounting of St. Augustine’s struggle with sexual sin. . . . Given the fact that most Catholics now have sex before marriage and engage in many other sexual sins such as the use of pornography and contraception, Fastiggi is wise to begin with the story of a reformed sinner who became one of the greatest saints of the Church. . . . Readers of this book may well find themselves undergoing a similar conversion process—to the truth itself, to the necessity of asking for grace, and to the joy of being a member of the Catholic Church.”
Janet E. Smith, Ph.D., Father Michael J. McGivney Chair of Life Ethics, Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, Michigan
“The ‘chaotic and tragic force’ of sex outside of marriage is especially evident in the anxieties, questions, and concerns it generates for young persons. The secular response often comes in the form of an informational pamphlet from a ‘rights based approach,’ while Dr. Robert Fastiggi offers the comprehensive response of the church in the fullness of its truth, beauty, and goodness in accord with reason, human nature, and the will of God. This book is a gem.”
Dr. Jane Adolphe, Associate Professor of Law, Ave Maria School of Law, Naples, Florida