The following list provides links to all the posts that I have written either here or on Dawn Patrol about the Theology of the Body. I will update the list if I have missed any, or if, God forbid, I add others.
- “Hope of the World” (November 11, 2008): The first reference I made to the “new chastity movement” on this blog shortly after the national election in the context of our lack of will to elect a pro-life president in the United States.
- “Thinking Like a Man” (April, 16, 2009): Why it is necessary for men to fight the good fight of chastity, rather than hope to be delivered from temptation by a new and holy fascination with the body, as is suggested in West’s presentation.
- “John Paul the Great and Hugh Hefner the Magnificent” (May 8th, 2009): My original reaction to Chris West’s Nightline interview with a focus on the problem of prudery.
- “Christopher West’s blind spot: TOB has to be seen through Church’s historical teachings” (May 14, 2009): A response to those who say that the critique is an attack on Christopher West and a closer look at the question of “original innocence” and its relation to the effect TOB can have on our redemption.
- “Schindler’s list: Sparks fly as JP2 Institute dean raps Christopher West for errors” (May 29, 2009): An analysis of the responses of Professors Janet Smith and Michael Waldstein to the critique of West by Professor David Schindler.
- “Virgo redacta: Christopher West and the dangers of overanalogizing Mary” (June 18, 2009): An attempt to answer the defenders of Christopher West, by addressing some of the specific problems with his presentation, namely, the phallic symbolism of the paschal candle and the way that the Blessed Virgin is eroticized by his presentation. More generally, I touch upon his problematic use of analogy.
- “The Theology of the Body and Courage: Fighting the Real Fight” (July 14, 2009): Why it is important for men to focus on agape rather than eros.
- “Martyrs, Mystics and Rhetoricians” (July 31, 2009): A response to Father Thomas Loya’s defense of Christopher West, with a focus on the hermeneutic of discontinuity manifested by the new “holy fascination” with the body advocated by Christopher West and his followers.
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