{"product_id":"sexual-person-toward-a-renewed-todd-a-salzman-9781589012073","title":"Sexual Person Toward a Renewed Hb: Toward a Renewed Catholic Anthropology","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo 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 and worldview on social ethics and the interpretation of scripture while adopting a static, classicist anthropology and worldview on sexual ethics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile some documents from Vatican II, like \u003ci\u003eGaudium et spes\u003c\/i\u003e (\"the marital act promotes self-giving by which spouses enrich each other\"), gave hope for a renewed understanding of sexuality, the church has not carried out the full implications of this approach. In short, say Salzman and Lawler: emphasize relationships, not acts, and recognize Christianity's historically and culturally conditioned understanding of human sexuality. \u003ci\u003eThe Sexual Person\u003c\/i\u003e draws historically, methodologically, and anthropologically from the best of Catholic tradition and provides a context for current theological debates between traditionalists and revisionists regarding marriage, cohabitation, homosexuality, reproductive technologies, and what it means to be human. This daring and potentially revolutionary book will be sure to provoke constructive dialogue among theologians, and between theologians and the Magisterium.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Todd A. Salzman,Michael G. Lawler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1589012070\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781589012073\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Georgetown University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/21\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/12\/2008 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2009","brand":"Todd A. Salzman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065724547327,"sku":"9781589012073","price":89.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_237c3103-a2ec-4a3a-af09-b23a59822b80.jpg?v=1768676841","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sexual-person-toward-a-renewed-todd-a-salzman-9781589012073","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}