FINALITÀ
To understand key issues in Catholic sexual and family morality.
ARGOMENTI
Introduction. Sexuality in the Bible. Early and Medieval Catholic Teaching on Sexuality. Catholic Sexual Teaching before Vatican II. The Catholic Church’s approach to sexuality today. Current challenges to Traditional Sexual Morality. Chastity and Sexual Ethics. Ethical issues in marriage, family life, and sexual identity. Sexual fulfillment through renunciation: Celibate chastity.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of the course, students are expected to: Understand contemporary issues in sexual and family morality in the light of the Catholic vision of sexuality; to enable them to arrive at a pastoral approach that is respectful of persons and in harmony with the teachings of the Catholic Magisterium.
TESTI
Clark, Keith. 1986. Being Sexual and Celibate. Notre Dame: Ave Maria Press; Coleman, Gerald. 1992. Human Sexuality: An All-Embracing Gift. New York: Alba House; Congregation for Catholic Education. 1983. Educational Guidance in Human Love: Outlines for Sex Education. Boston: St. Paul’s Books and Media; Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. 1975. Persona Humana: Declaration on Certain Questions Concerning Sexual Ethics. Vatican City: Vatican Publishing House; Edayodil, Xavier. 2008. Sexual Ethics for Today’s Youth: Based on the Anthropology of Pope John Paul II. Bangalore: Asian Trading Corporation; John Paul II. 1997. The Theology of the Body: Human Love in the Divine Plan. Boston: Pauline Books and Media; John Paul II. 1981. Familiaris Consortio: Apostolic Exhortation on the Role of the Christian Family in the Modern World. Boston: Pauline Books and Media; Keane, Philip. 1980. Sexual Morality: A Catholic Perspective. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan; Kelly, Kevin. 1998. New Directions in Sexual Ethics: Moral Theology and the Challenge to AIDS. London: Geoffrey Chapman; Lawler, Ronald, Joseph Boyle, and William May. 2011. Catholic Sexual Ethics: A Summary, Explanation and Defense. Huntington: Our Sunday Visitor; McCarthy, Donald, Edward Bayer, and John Leies, eds. 1989. Handbook on Critical Sexual Issues. Massachusetts: Pope John XXIII Center; Paul VI. Humanae Vitae: Encyclical Letter on the Regulation of Birth. Boston: St. Paul’s Books and Media; Pontifical Council for the Family. 1995. The Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality: Guidelines for Education Within the Family. Vatican City: Vatican Publishing House; Pontifical Council for the Family. 2004. Enchiridion on the Family: A Compendium of Church Teaching on Family and Life Issues from Vatican II to the Present. Boston: Pauline Books and Media; Urbine, William, and William Seifert. 1996. On Life and Love: A Guide to Catholic Teaching on Marriage and Family. Mystic: Twenty-Third Publications.