Families and the Church

Catalog description

Analysis of selected texts from the papal and pre-papal periods of Pope John Paul II’s thought on the family, in light of his affirmation of the inalienable dignity of each human person. What makes a human being a person? How is our personhood rooted in the primordial subjectivity of the family? What is the role of the family in society, the responsibility of spouses toward each other and toward their children, and the authentic experience of conscience that makes human love and community possible? (Cross-referenced to STHO 6238)