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Civitates Duae

"Sexuality" and Chastity as Rival Political Forms

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

AvBenjamin Paulus,Matthew Levering,Tracey Rowland

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This book is a scholarly intervention in the debates within the Church around the question of “sexuality.” It proposes that hot-button issues such as contraception, gay marriage, and the moral status of reproductive technologies are not merely debates about what we should or should not do in the privacy of our own homes; rather, these are matters with inevitable implications for the common good.Using St. Augustine’s two cities as a frame, the book explores the concepts of ‘sexuality’ and chastity. It argues that “sexuality” discourse is a carrier for two key modern impulses: self-invention and the desire for intimacy. Moreover, by associating “self-invention” with human dignity, “sexuality” discourse helps create a political society devoted to the promotion of personal autonomy as its end- a politics of the “earthly city.” Chastity, by contrast, assumes that one must order his passions to fully realize his human nature. Since man is a political animal, chastity is consonant with a politics of the common good and a necessary condition of a true communion of persons- the social life of the “City of God.”

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Utgivningsdatum2026-10-15
Mått156 x 234 x 25 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieT&T Clark Studies in Ressourcement Catholic Theology and Culture
Antal sidor192
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9780567728265

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AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction: Sex in the CitiesPart I: “Sexuality” and the Politics of the Earthly City 1. “Sexuality” as Political Form 2. Theologies of “Sexuality” and the Politics of Mutuality Part II: Chastity and the Church’s Politics 3. Chastity as an Ecclesial Virtue in St. Thomas Aquinas 4. Chastity and the Communion of Persons in John Paul II Conclusion: Healing the Earthly CityBibliographyIndex

Paulus shows us why the debates Christians have been having over the last decades about sexuality are drastically different than any before in the church’s history. For modern westerners, sex and politics are no longer different topics. This book is an invaluable resource for those who want to learn how this came to be so and how Christians might recover from their own traditions hints about how to respond to the unique challenges facing those who seek a path to faithfulness in their own erotic lives.