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A THEOLOGICAL VISION OF CONJUGAL JOY
What is the place of joy in the intimate life of Christian marriage? Conjugal Joy in Marriage: An Ethical Analysis offers a positive and integral vision of conjugal joy as an expression of faithful love, mutual self-giving, marital communion, and the good of the spouses. Grounded in Sacred Scripture, Catholic moral theology, the Magisterium, and the human sciences, the book moves beyond a merely biological or restrictive understanding of sexuality. It presents conjugal intimacy as contributing to marital unity, mutual fulfilment, and the spouses’ common vocation to holiness. Engaging contemporary challenges such as inadequate sexual formation, poor communication, emotional alienation, infidelity, pornography, and cultural misconceptions of sexuality, the study proposes ethical and pastoral pathways for strengthening intimacy, fidelity, communication, and marital flourishing. Ultimately, the book calls for a renewed Catholic vision of conjugal life in which sexuality is understood within the fullness of love, communion, responsibility, and holiness.
