Our Theology of the Body class will resume on the 2nd Saturday of the month, beginning in just 10 days. Instead of going through the tome of John Paul's Wednesday talks ("the" source of the Theology of the Body), we will be studying Karol Wojtyla's earlier work, "Love and Responsibility." People who think that the Theology of the Body was just the Pope's after-the-fact attempt to justify the Church's teachings in the widely-scorned encyclical "Humanae Vitae" will be surprised to see that "Love and Responsiblity," first published in Polish in 1960, is the real precursor to the Theology of the Body. Wojtyla had a new book ready for the publisher when he was elected Pope; circumstances being what they were, he had to adapt his manuscript to a new format of Wednesday talks. I, for one, am looking forward to a systematic run through "Love and Responsibility" so I can have a better sense of where the Pope is coming from in the Theology of the Body, which may be his most enduring charismatic gift to the Church.
Basic class info:
Meet here at the bookstore or online every 2nd Saturday of the month, 10:30 US Central Time.
Text: Love and Responsibility
Spread the Word!
2 comments:
My latest blog post urged readers to read Humanae Vitae. What a funny coincidence. I'll try to make it to cyber-class.
Providential, Sue! Spread the word: this "theological time bomb" is just what the world needs!
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