How is human love deformed in sexual addiction? How can human love be transformed? David Bellusci considers three signs of addiction and then, by looking at neurotic tendencies within a psychoanalytical framework, as well as the neurobiological nature of sexual pleasure, explores the causes of sexual addiction. Behavioral expression of addiction is examined in pornography, masturbation, cybersex, and multiple sexual partners.
Working within a Christian anthropology drawn from Thomas Aquinas, Bellusci considers the morality of pleasure; how pleasure suggests an antinomy of satisfaction-dissatisfaction. He explores how the fallen human condition effects the will, and the consent to sin. He concludes with a focus on how the addict may be supported, at the psychological, relational, and spiritual levels.
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Höhe: 216 mm
Breite: 140 mm
Dicke: 8 mm
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978-1-5326-7792-2 (9781532677922)
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David C. Bellusci was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is the author of eight books and has given courses/conferences/retreats in Bogota, Cape Town, Goa, Nairobi, Singapore, Venice, and Vancouver. He works in the summer months in Rome. Father Bellusci holds a PhD in philosophy from the Dominican College in Ottawa and is assistant professor of philosophy and theology at Catholic Pacific College in British Columbia. He lives with his Dominican community in Vancouver.
