CL701 Sexual Morality

This course is an introduction to Catholic Sexual Morality, as given by Fr Dylan James at the Josephinum Seminary in Columbus, Ohio.

Audio is available on Spotify here

Word documents of lectures are available at a Googledrive folder here

 

Aug 22^nd

1)      Introduction; Sex and the New Evangelisation

Aug 25^th

2)      Chastity and Society: A historical look at the Judeo-Christian approach

Aug 29^th

3)      The Bible and Sexuality: An Overview (part 1)

Sept 1^st

4)      The Bible and Sexuality: An Overview (part 2)

Sept 8^th

5)      ‘Gender Ideology’ (i): An introduction to the problem 

Sept 12^th

6)      Gender (ii): Seminar Discussion of Holloway, Augustine, and Edith Stein 

Sept 15^th  

7)      The Ends of Sex and Marriage: Procreation, Union, Remedy for Concupiscence

Sept 19^th

8)      Virtue and Sex: Chastity (i)

Sept 22^nd    

9)      Virtue and Sex: Chastity (ii)

Sept 26^th

10)   Virtue and Sex: Chastity (iii)

Sept 29^th  

11)   Theology of the Body (i)

Oct 3^rd

12)   Theology of the Body (ii)

Oct 6^th

13)   Review session

Oct 10^th

14)   Midterm exam 

Oct 13^th

15)   Marriage and Civil Law & Counterfeit ‘Marriages’

Oct 24^th

16)   Homosexuality (i)

Oct 27^th

17)   Homosexuality [ii] 

Oct 31^st

18)   Responsible Parenthood: NFP or Contraception?

Nov 3^rd  

19)   Contraception (i): Janet Smith’s ‘Naturalist’ Argument of Contraception 

Nov 7^th

20)   Contraception (ii): Janet Smith’s ‘Naturalist’ Argument of Contraception 

Nov 10^th

21)   Contraception: Germain Grisez’s ‘Anti-Life Choice’ Argument against Contraception 

Nov 14^th

22)   Divorce, Remarriage (and Holy Communion): The situation pre-Amoris Laetitia

Nov 17^th

23)   Divorce, Remarriage (and Holy Communion): Amoris Laetitia: Breaking Tradition, or, A Strategy to implement the Tradition? Malta vs Poland

Nov 21^st   

24)   Masturbation and Pornography

Nov 28^th

25)   Education in Chaste Love

Dec 1^st

26)   Some Specific Sexual Issues

Dec 5^th

27)   Review session