The Poetics of Intimacy and the Problem of Sexual Abstinence- Revised Edition

Michael J. Hartwig

ISBN 10: 1433107813 / ISBN 13: 9781433107818

Published by Peter Lang, Peter Lang Mär 2010, 2010

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Neuware -This bold work asks whether traditional Christian sexual morality, with its emphasis on sexual abstinence outside of heterosexual marriage, is harmful. Appealing to sociological studies, anthropological theories, and contemporary theological ethics, Hartwig develops a model of sexual virtue around the concept of a poetics of intimacy and applies this model to particular challenges faced by the divorced, married couples, gay men and lesbians, single adults, and people with mental and developmental disabilities. He concludes that mandated long-term and lifelong sexual abstinence for those outside heterosexual marriage is not only harmful, but compromises many features of Christian morality.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 300 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Poetics of Intimacy and the Problem of Sexual Abstinence- Revised Edition
• Publisher: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Mär 2010
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1433107813
• ISBN 13: 9781433107818
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 225W x 150H x 17D millimeters 225 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 17 millimeters depth
• Weight: 425 grams

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Synopsis

This bold work asks whether traditional Christian sexual morality, with its emphasis on sexual abstinence outside of heterosexual marriage, is harmful. Appealing to sociological studies, anthropological theories, and contemporary theological ethics, Hartwig develops a model of sexual virtue around the concept of a poetics of intimacy and applies this model to particular challenges faced by the divorced, married couples, gay men and lesbians, single adults, and people with mental and developmental disabilities. He concludes that mandated long-term and lifelong sexual abstinence for those outside heterosexual marriage is not only harmful, but compromises many features of Christian morality.

About the Author

The Author: Michael J. Hartwig is Ethics Consultant and Professor in Boston, Massachusetts. His previously published essays include Parenting Ethics and Reproductive Technologies and Galileo, Gene Researchers and the Ethics of Homosexuality. He completed his graduate work at the Gregorian University in Rome and at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, where he received his doctorate in religious ethics.