Gift and Communion(English, Hardcover, Kupczak Jaroslaw)

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Gift and Communion(English, Hardcover, Kupczak Jaroslaw) is written by Kupczak Jaroslaw and published by The Catholic University of America Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0813225957 (ISBN 10) and 9780813225951 (ISBN 13).

Gift and Communion offers a critical presentation of John Paul II's theology of the body, understood in the light of Christian theological tradition. The main thesis of the book is that John Paul II's theology of the body forms a new, inspiring approach to Christian ethics and the theology of marriage and family, as well as to theological anthropology. A central thrust of Gift and Communion is to treat theology of the body - as it deserves - in all its philosophical and theological seriousness and to present it as an important stage in the historical development of Catholic theology. This new approach combines a hermeneutical, post-modern reading of the holy scriptures with an attempt to interpret the biblical text in the light of important currents of Western philosophy as well as Catholic theological tradition. Gift and Communion critically evaluates the method, fundamental notions, and significance of John Paul II's thought, places his thought in the context of contemporary challenges to Christian belief and presents it as an important stage in the historical development of Catholic tradition.