Theology of the Body In One Hour

[Theology of the Body In One Hour]
Year: 
2023
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Publisher: 
Kindle
Year of publication: 
2017
Pages: 
95
Moral assessment: 
Type: Thought
Nothing inappropriate.
Requires prior general knowledge of the subject.
Readers with knowledgeable about the subject matter.
Contains doctrinal errors of some importance.
Whilst not being explicitly against the faith, the general approach or its main points are ambiguous or opposed to the Church’s teachings.
Incompatible with Catholic doctrine.
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Recommendable: 
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The title of the book is misleading because cannot be "digested" in one hour. However, the truth must be told: Jason Evert offers us a good, quite accessible and complete synthesis of the main ideas of the "Theology of the Body" of St. John Paul II.

When an ordinary Christian discovers the Theology of the Body, he often exclaims that he has never heard anything like it before.  Others learned it through the lens of modern sex education, which reduces sexuality to biology and sensuality, gives you "sexual information," but is not a true education in human sexuality.

The Theology of the Body has two parts. The first focuses on three Scripture passages or "words" of Christ. In it, John Paul II examines the dialogue between Jesus and the Pharisees on marriage and divorce.  Then he reflects on Christ's words from the Sermon on the Mount, particularly those about committing adultery in the heart.

He explained what the gift of self means in terms of the "language of the body," and how men and women are called to live it, especially as it relates to their families.

Author: Vicente Huerta, Spain
Update on: Jan 2024