Sexual Education in Catholic Institutions: Responding to the Challenge of "Amoris Laetitia"

By restricting the full expression of human sexuality to marriage, the moral teachings of the Catholic Church require young people to adhere to an exclusive act-abstinence-oriented model of sexual virtue, firmly believing that such a model gives an account of the rich meaning of sexuality as an expr...

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Main Author: Zacharias, Ronaldo (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Peeters 2022
In: Marriage, families & spirituality
Year: 2022, Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: 57-70
RelBib Classification:KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KDB Roman Catholic Church
NCF Sexual ethics
ZF Education
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