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Article: Sex that contributes: human flourishing should be the standard, not openness to procreation.(The Sexual Person: Toward a Renewed Catholic Anthropology)(Book review)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- February 6, 2009
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THE SEXUAL PERSON: TOWARD A RENEWED CATHOLIC ANTHROPOLOGY
By Todd A. Salzman and Michael G. Lawler
Published by Georgetown University Press, $29.95
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Todd Salzman and Michael Lawler's new book The Sexual Person: Toward a Renewed Catholic Anthropology is among the most important works in Catholic sexual ethics to emerge in the last two decades. The authors, professors at Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., have both written extensively on sexual ethics and have a thorough knowledge of current theological debates. They stand firmly within the Catholic tradition even as they argue for significant change.
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