Includes bibliographical references (pages 665-676) and index.
Contents
Introduction by Michael Waldstein -- Part One: The Words of Christ -- Chapter One: Christ appeals to the "Beginning" -- The meaning of original solitude -- The meaning of original unity -- The meaning of original nakedness -- Man in the dimension of gift -- "Knowledge" and procreation (Gen 4:1) -- [Conclusion: an integral vision] -- Chapter Two: Christ appeals to the human heart -- In the light of the Sermon on the Mount -- The man of concupiscence -- Insatiability of the union -- Commandment and Ethos -- The "Heart"--accused or called? -- The ethos of the redemption of the body -- Purity as "Life according to the Spirit" -- The gospel of purity of heart--yesterday and today -- Appendix: The ethos of the body in art and media -- Chapter Three: Christ appeals to the resurrection -- The resurrection of the body as a reality of the "Future world" -- Continence for the Kingdom of Heaven -- [Conclusion of Part One] [The redemption of the body] -- Part Two: The Sacrament -- Chapter One: The dimension of Covenant and of Grace -- Ephesians 5:21-33 -- Sacrament and mystery -- Sacrament and "Redemption of the Body" -- Chapter Two: The dimension of sign -- "Language of the Body" and the reality of the sign -- The Song of Songs -- When the "Language of the Body" becomes the language of the liturgy (reflections on Tobit) -- Chapter Three: He gave them the law of life as their inheritance -- The ethical problem -- Outline of conjugal spirituality -- [Conclusion].