CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE: THEOLOGY OF THE BODY

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This course provides a grasp of the essential elements of the Catholic understanding of marriage; an understanding of the key teachings of Pope John Paul II’s Theology of the Body; an increased facility in articulating the Catholic understanding; a capacity to apply these teachings to one’s own personal experience; an insight into obstacles in our culture against the Catholic understanding; an ability to argue for the Catholic understanding with sensitivity and compassion; and a sapiential appreciation of the place of the truths about marriage in theology. Prerequisites: THEO 105, THEO 205.