One of the burning issues of the day, perhaps even the defining question of our era, is what it is to be human and how our existence as sexed and sexual beings relates to our common humanity.
Section: Anthropology
Towards an Orthodox Theology of the Body
The term “theology of the body” derives from a series of 129 lectures by the same name given by Pope John Paul II between 1979 and 1984. These lectures, widely considered the first major teachings of the late pope’s pontificate, sought to establish a comprehensive anthropology in which the human body was understood as a[…..]