Sex Au Naturel: What It Is and Why It’s Good For Your Marriage by radio host Patrick Coffin is a bracing ride across the landscape of the Catholic sexual ethic. If you’re looking for intellectual ammo with which to defend and explain the teaching of Humanae Vitae, or if you reject it altogether, you’ll agree that Coffin approaches the topic from a wide array of new and persuasive angles. With humor and enthusiasm—and a total absence of moralizing—you'll learn:
Why Paul VI’s landmark 1968 encyclical was widely rejected a generation ago and why it’s gaining new respectability now
Where exactly the Bible teaches against birth control
The differences between contraception and natural family planning (hint: they’re more profound than you think)
The meaning of the natural law and how it applies to birth control
How the dogma of the Blessed Trinity implicit condemns birth control
That every single Protestant denomination rejected birth control until 1930
Why the myth of overpopulation is used against the Church, and how to answer it
How faithful adherence to the teaching of Humanae Vitae is causally related to marital happiness and longevity
Why it’s not too late to start over, even if you’ve been sterilized
How to rely on the ever-present grace of God rather than your own strength in faithfully following this challenging, life-giving aspect of Christian discipleship
Much, much more!
About the Author:
Patrick Coffin is the host of Catholic Answers Live, the number-one rated Catholic radio show in America, heard nationwide Monday to Friday, 3PM-8PM Eastern. He has published dozens of articles, essays, and interviews. Born in Nova Scotia, he is an alumnus of Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, McGill University in Montreal, and Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio, where he obtained a master's degree in theology. He lives in San Diego with his wife, Mariella, and their two daughters.
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