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The Ecstasy of the Sexed Body: Existential Thomism and the Metaphysics of Sexual Difference

by Kathleen Cavender-McCoy

  • 186 pages
  • Publisher: Cascade Books
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.1 cm

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For those exploring the theology of the body

Applies existential Thomism to our physical lives

Helps you align your daily living with God's call

Discover a transformative approach to living out your faith through the lens of your sexed body.

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The Ecstasy of the Sexed Body expands and nuances John Paul II’s theology of the body through existential Thomism. Beginning with the historical developments that inform the current status of the sexed body in theology, Kathleen Cavender-McCoy delineates the problems of existing approaches, including the essentialism/existentialism dichotomy and psychological complementarity, while affirming the fundamental insight present in John Paul II’s understanding of the body’s ecstasy. Arguing that the soul is joined to the body in such a way that the self is limited by the body with which God has commensurated it, Cavender-McCoy shows that living well in one’s sexed body demands life-long discernment, contemplative practice, and asceticism. The Ecstasy of the Sexed Body ends by proposing a set of practices for embarking on a spiritual appropriation of one’s sexed body through lived experience in concert with God’s vocational call.
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The Ecstasy of the Sexed BodyThe Ecstasy of the Sexed Body: Existential Thomism and the Metaphysics of Sexual Difference

  • Title

    The Ecstasy of the Sexed Body: Existential Thomism and the Metaphysics of Sexual Difference

  • Author

    Kathleen Cavender-McCoy

  • Publisher

    Cascade Books

  • Published

    July 2026

  • Weight

    259g

  • Page Count

    186

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9798385218929

  • ISBN-10

    8385218920

  • Eden Code

    7589483