📙 This book attempts to aid those who are serious about the study of Pope Saint John Paul II's theology of the body. It is directed especially to those who teach it at both an academic and a parish level. It offers them the necessary scholarly background to be able to faithfully present John Paul II's work, understanding it with depth, and in continuity with Saint Thomas Aquinas and the Second Vatican Council.""A new book on the theology of the body of St. John Paul II? There are now so many? Yes, but this is very important. It is so important that I recommend it as obligatory reading to all those looking to seriously study this issue, both at the academic and popular level. There are three reasons for reading this book. First, because there are few works with such scholarship on this topic. Secondly, because most of them are not available in English. And third, because many theological scholars on the theology of the body of John Paul II, under the influence of some modern philosophical and theological schools, interpret him as falling into a certain reductionism. . . . As the author concludes, John Paul's theology of the body is a theology of the nuptial or spousal meaning of the body; it is a theology of the human person from the point of view of his vocation to love.""--Antonio Malo Pe, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross""Is John Paul II's theology of the body in continuity with Aquinas and Catholic tradition? Is it a true theolo...