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What does it mean to be human? In his theology of the body, John Paul II made an important contribution to answering this question. Here Brian Bransfield provides a systematic approach to his teaching, using it as a basis for an integrated moral theology/Christian anthropology that gives practical support in living the Christian life.

Paul points out several times, to ask which account is more accurate is to miss the genre of the text, because the two accounts are compatible. The truth presented in Genesis concerning the identity of the human person is neither lost in myth nor constrained by material evolution. The accounts are rich in content concerning the identity of the human person. John Paul’s interpretation unseals these layers of meaning. In the theology of the body, John Paul shows no embarrassment for his repeated appeal
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