Embracing Sexuality: Authority and Experience in the Catholic Church

by Joseph Selling (Editor)

Overview

This title was first published in 2001. This text examines sexuality and interpersonal relationships in relation to the Catholic Church. Topics discussed include spirituality; sexuality; bodiliness and sacramentality; the female experience of sexuality; authority; and the development of Catholic tradition and sexual morality.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138704787
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/11/2019
Series:	Routledge Revivals
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Joseph Selling is Professor of Moral Theology at the Katholieke UniversiteitLeuven, Belgium. An American citizen, he has been living in Belgium since1972. His interests and principal areas of publication are in fundamentalChristian ethics and sexual and conjugal morality.

Table of Contents

I: Understanding Sexuality; One: Sexuality and Interpersonal Relationships; Two: Spirituality and Sexuality; Three: Bodiliness and Sacramentality; II: Experiencing Sexuality; Four: The Female Experience of Sexuality; Five: A Young Person's Perspective on Authority and Sexuality; Six: Authority, Sexuality and Friendship; III: Evaluating Sexuality; Seven: The Catholic Church and Sexuality: The Tensions of Love, Freedom and Law; Eight: Authority and Sexuality in the Protestant Tradition; Nine: The Development of Catholic Tradition and Sexual Morality; IV: Embracing Sexuality; Ten: Sexuality: Personal, Communal, Responsible; Eleven: Dialogue and Institution; Twelve: Marriage and Sexuality in the Catholic Church