Eros and Transformation: Sexuality and Marriage an Eastern Orthodox Perspective

By William Basil Zion

This book is a comprehensive exposition of Eastern Orthodox sexual ethics, including biblical, liturgical, and theological discussions of marriage, divorce, homosexuality, contraception, and masturbation. This work seeks to integrate a critical examination of the Orthodox tradition on these questions in a dialogue with modern clinical knowledge and contemporary Catholic moral theology. Contents: Preface; Foreword; Introduction; Marriage and the New Testament; Marriage in the Patristic Tradition; Marriage and the Liturgical Tradition; Modern Approaches to Marriage, Greek Tradition; Divorce and Remarriage in Orthodox Faith, New Testament Tradition, Patristic Tradition; Divorce and Remarriage in Orthodox Practice; Canonical Tradition and its Theological Justification; Orthodoxy and Contraception; Masturbation and Moral Theology; Homosexuality and Moral Theology; Eros and Transformation; Theological Foundations; Search for Human Nature; Discovery of Human Nature in the Language of Love; Theosis and the Incarnation of Love; Index.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819186481
• ISBN13: 9780819186485
• Release Date: May 1992
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.1" x 6.0"