Theology of the Body

Re: Theology of the Body

• agapecarrie member

  

  September 2012

  I've read them all, including Love and Responsibility by JP (before being pope)

  
  

  TOB by JP is a tough read, especially if you are new to his style of writing. He writes in a spiral, revisting similar points over and over in a deeper way. Sometimes though, he states a point that he plans to refute for the next 20 pages. I would recommend getting basics and perspectives, and then go for JPII.

  
  

  First, read Beginners and Good news by Christopher West

  Then other stuff by Christopher 

      Heaven's song and Love that satisfies.

  
  

  Then "Men, Women, and the mystery of Love" by Edward Sri

  
  

  Then Christopher's "Explained" either by itself, or, If you want, you can read it along side JPII's...he summarizes in the same order as the full book. 

  
  

  "Explained" is a lot heavier than Christopher's other books because he's really taking on the whole work. 

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• Riss91 member

  

  September 2012 edited September 2012

  Thanks! That helps a lot :

  
  

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• Tami87 member

  

  September 2012

  I pretty much agree with everything Carrie said. My husband and I have been reading  Christopher West's "Explained" along side JPII. We read a section from JPII and talk about what we got from it. Then read Christopher West. We only do litttle sections at a time because it can be difficult to get through.

  

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• sigmaurse member

  

  September 2012

  the only thing I have to say on this topic is some people don't like Christopher West and don't believe he speaks what the church teaches. I honestly don't know if that is true or not but a lot of people either love him or dislike him. The other thing I want to say is Theology of the Body was a speech JP made in a series of talks every week at the vatican, he didn't actually write a book on the subject. Just a little FYI.

  

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• agapecarrie member

  

  September 2012

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_catholic-weddings_theology-of-the-body?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:615Discussion:2129a3c8-1cc5-4ece-a4f2-8b8657a4d1b1Post:822116c8-f29e-428c-ad45-df2db25f0c55">Re: Theology of the Body</a>:
  [QUOTE]the only thing I have to say on this topic is some people don't like Christopher West and don't believe he speaks what the church teaches. I honestly don't know if that is true or not but a lot of people either love him or dislike him. The other thing I want to say is Theology of the Body was a speech JP made in a series of talks every week at the vatican, he didn't actually write a book on the subject. Just a little FYI.
  Posted by sigmaurse[/QUOTE]
  
  JPII actually DID write it as a book, before he became pope. He then decided to deliver them as his Wednesday audiences. 
  
  <div>Actually, all of Christopher's books have an impramatur and nahil obstat. He has a board of directors (that includes several bishops) that he seeks guidance from. Waldstein (the guy that did the recent addition translation and is working on the 3rd edition translation) also backs him up.</div><div>
  </div><div>When analyzed carefully, most of the people that are criticial of him are ones that actually have issues with TOB itself, but instead Christopher is getting the criticism</div>

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