{"product_id":"treasuring-the-goods-of-marriage-in-a-throwaway-society-9781644138540","title":"Treasuring the Goods of Marriage in a Throwaway Society","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis powerhouse of a book masterfully vindicates the Church's rich teachings on matrimony, the priesthood, and religious life. Drawing on sources ancient and modern, pagan and Christian, Eastern Christian and Western, Dr. Peter Kwasniewski will teach you: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe four kinds of marriage (can you guess them?) and four reasons why marriage is noble\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat the \u003ci\u003epulsating heart \u003c\/i\u003eof marriage and family is and what marriage \u003ci\u003ecannot\u003c\/i\u003e exist without\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe lessons we can learn from the marriage of Mary and Joseph \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe two greatest mercies of God (they will surprise you!)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree ways to explain the meaning of sexuality to your children\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSixteen arguments and replies regarding priestly celibacy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Kwasniewski demonstrates that both the dignity of marriage and family and the evils arrayed against them--pornography, self-gratification, premarital sex, divorce, contraception, and abortion--can and should be seen not only in terms of what they are but also in terms of what they \u003ci\u003esignify\u003c\/i\u003e spiritually and cosmically.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the midst of a growing totalitarianism hell-bent on diluting, relativizing, ostracizing, and ultimately obliterating chaste and fruitful love, Dr. Kwasniewski extols the sacramental dignity of the human body, shines the light of faith and reason on fundamental truths about vocation and the gift of self, and renews confidence in the wisdom of Holy Mother Church.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Peter Kwasniewski, Thomistic theologian, liturgical scholar, and choral composer, is a graduate of Thomas Aquinas College and The Catholic University of America. He has taught at the International Theological Institute in Austria, the Franciscan University of Steubenville's Austria Program, and Wyoming Catholic College, which he helped establish in 2006 and where he taught theology, philosophy, music, and art history and directed the choirs. He writes regularly for \u003ci\u003eThe New Liturgical Movement, OnePeterFive, Rorate Caeli, The Latin Mass Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and other websites and publications. He has published sixteen books (eight as author and eight as editor), including seven on traditional Catholicism: \u003ci\u003eResurgent in the Midst of Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e (Angelico, 2014), \u003ci\u003eNoble Beauty, Transcendent Holiness\u003c\/i\u003e (Angelico, 2017), \u003ci\u003eTradition and Sanity\u003c\/i\u003e (Angelico, 2018), \u003ci\u003eJohn Henry Newman on Worship, Reverence, and Ritual\u003c\/i\u003e (Os Justi, 2019), \u003ci\u003eReclaiming Our Roman Catholic Birthright\u003c\/i\u003e (Angelico, 2020), \u003ci\u003eThe Holy Bread of Eternal Life\u003c\/i\u003e (Sophia, 2020), and \u003ci\u003eMinisters of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e(Sophia, 2021). His work has been translated so far into eighteen languages and Braille. Visit his website at www.peterkwasniewski.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sophia Institute Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50526113825042,"sku":"9781644138540","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e2988006-c403-4ccf-928c-e5e2ce591a6c.jpg?v=1731260525","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/treasuring-the-goods-of-marriage-in-a-throwaway-society-9781644138540","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}