Summer Symposium: Theology of the Body

This course seeks to examine and understand questions regarding the theological significance of embodiment as developed throughout Catholic Tradition. Historical in structure, the course focuses on the development of teachings and practices regarding the body in early, medieval, and modern Catholicism, with particular emphasis on the theology of the body developed by St. Pope John Paul II during a series of 129 Wednesday audiences spanning the years 1979-1984. Practices such as asceticism, sexual renunciation, marriage and procreation, suffering, and dying are examined in light of the Church’s central doctrines regarding creation and the fall, redemption and incarnation, and death and the resurrection of the body.

This is a college level course for audit or credit from Franciscan University of Steubenville and can be taken in-person or via distance (zoom). Three credit hours can also be obtained from Franciscan University and can be transferred to other Universities.

Schedule/Classroom Locations

Friday, May 27 – Monday, May 30: Flagstaff, AZ
Friday, June 2 – Saturday June 4: Phoenix, AZ
Friday, June 10 – Saturday June 11: Phoenix, AZ