Sexuality and Catholicism

Sexuality and Catholicism offers a concise and well-rounded analysis of all of the most important issues concerning sexuality and Roman Catholicism. Taking on such controversial subjects as the church's rejection of artificial birth control, its response to the legalization of abortion, the problem of population control, and priest pedophilia, Fox examines the church's divided views on sexual morality with an objective and sensitive eye. He explores the early church's views on sexuality and brings the discussion into the present with an analysis of the growing demand for pastoral recognition by gays and lesbians, as well as of the expanding presence of women and feminist thought in the church.

Thorough and enlightening, Sexuality and Catholicism is an essential resource on the history of Catholic thought on sexual issues.