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Redeeming Sex: The Battle for the Body by Eduardo Echeverria
Redeeming Sex: The Battle for the Body
by Eduardo J. Echeverria
The project of redeeming sex involves the battle for the body, one that is fought on many fronts in this book: the need for a philosophical and theological anthropology on the nature of the human person, particularly the body that has a proper subjectivity encompassing the whole man; the foundation of sexual ethics in a normative creation order/natural law and its relation to the flourishing of persons and communities, and the cultural and religious dynamics that contributed to the sexual revolution and the rise of homosexualism, same-sex marriage, and gender ideology. In a wide-ranging discussion of a theology of revelation, doctrinal development, and a perspective on philosophical ethics and moral theology, the sources of Christian ethics are considered, as well as the nature of human experience and judgment, and how a theory of experience grounds a sound epistemology but also a sound metaphysics for Christian ethics. The author also considers the moral and theological underpinnings of the nature and purpose of pastoral care of individuals in morally and spiritually problematic relationships.
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TESTIMONIALS
“With the publication of Redeeming Sex: The Battle for the Body, Dr. Eduardo Echeverria launches Creation Redeemed, the first of a three-volume set that promises to be an undertaking of critical importance in the recovery an integral vision of the human person and of our culture. He tells us that at the heart of the entire series is a conviction that the new evangelization called for by Pope St. John Paul II must overcome the divide between faith and culture such that the whole of human thought and action is permeated by the Gospel. In this first installment, Dr. Echeverria offers us a profoundly insightful approach to engaging in the confrontation between orthodoxy and modernity by taking up several vexed questions: the existence of a normative account of human sexuality and marriage, the intrinsic importance of the body to human personhood, and – perhaps most significantly in light of contemporary discourse – a realist account of the place of experience in arriving at the truth, both of reality and of oneself. The volume illustrates one of the author’s own key points: that the aggiornamento called for by the Second Vatican Council is not the starting place but a consequence of the creative retrieval of the wisdom of our tradition.” – Dr. Deborah Savage, Franciscan University of Steubenville, and co-editor of Lived Experience and the Search for Truth: Revisiting Catholic Sexual Morality
“St. Pope John Paul II preached at his inaugural mass: 22 oct. 1978: ‘Do not be afraid. Open wide the doors for Christ. To his saving power open the boundaries of States, economic and political systems, the vast fields of culture, civilization and development. Do not be afraid. Christ knows ‘what is in man’. He alone knows it.’ This book does just that: by intellectually bringing Christ in the realm of sexuality, it opens our minds, hearts and bodies for His redeeming power!” + Everard de Jong, auxiliary bishop of Roermond, Netherlands, and apostolic administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Netherlands
“With his customary incisiveness, carefulness, and depth, Eduardo Echeverria has produced an essential study of one of the most neuralgic moral and theological subjects in our time. Current discussions of sex, the body, and human nature have too often descended into sterile polemics and mutual anathemas. Echeverria brings a bracing breath of fresh air to the discussion which, simultaneously, reserves a proper place for justice, truth, and mercy amid many difficult questions.” – Robert Royal, Faith & Reason Institute
“This work by Dr. Echeverria is a testimony to the continued luminosity that can and must be drawn from the pontificate of Pope St. John Paul II regarding truly chaste sexuality and sound Christian anthropology.” – Matthew K. Minerd, Professor of Philosophy and Moral Theology, Byzantine Catholic Seminary of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Pittsburgh PA
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Eduardo Echeverria (PhD, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam; S.T.L., University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum) is a retired Professor of Philosophy and Systematic Theology at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit. He is the author of numerous books, including Roman Catholicism and Neo-Calvinism: Ecumenical and Polemical Engagements (2024), Are We Together? A Roman Catholic Analyzes Evangelical Protestants (2022), Pope Francis: The Legacy of Vatican II, 2nd edition (2019), Revelation, History, and Truth: A Hermeneutics of Dogma (2017), and Jesus Christ, Scandal of Particularity: Vatican II, a Catholic Theology of Religions, Justification, and Truth (2024). He is a member of the American ecumenical initiative, Evangelicals and Catholics Together.
Kenneth Francis is the current Editor of 
Christopher M. Reilly, Th.D. is a scholar and speaker who holds graduate degrees in theology, philosophy, and public affairs. He is author of numerous academic and general articles on a Christian response to advanced technology, bioethics, and moral theology. Chris lives in the greater Washington, D.C. region. He can be contacted at 
Daniel Mahoney is a husband, father, and a poet. He writes about beauty in the simplicities of life and gives voice to the experience of grief. Daniel seeks to increase the awareness of grief and calls people to encounter our Lord amidst their sorrows. He is a practicing Catholic in the Diocese of Madison where he lives with his wife and two boys.
Dr. Kristina Olsen has a Ph.D. in Theology/Spirituality from Catholic University of America, a D.B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Maryland, and an M.S. in Computer Science from Northwestern University. She also has certifications in Project Management (PMP) and Change Management (PCP). She is retired from Bell Laboratories, where she was a Member of the Technical Staff. Currently she serves as the Vice President of Academic Affairs at Holy Apostles College & Seminary in Cromwell, CT. She is a member of the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites (OCDS).