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Body, Sex and Pleasure: Reconstructing Christian Sexual Ethics

Christine Gudorf sets for herself a monumental challenge. Convinced that traditional Christian sexual ethics are not only inadequate but also inherently flawed and convinced that our "society is in a crisis over sexuality" that the churches have been unable to address because of their unwillingness to abandon "a familiar but unworkable sexual ethic" (p. 1)her aim is to construct a new ethics of sexuality that would be faithful to the central revelations of the gospel, do justice to the Incarnation, avoid the body/soul dualism of the tradition, and accurately reflect both the latest scientific knowledge and people's experiences. Simply modifying or adjusting the tradition is not acceptable, Gudorf argues, because it has brought so many people harm, being responsible "for innumerable deaths, the stunting of souls, the destruction of relationships, and the distortion of human communities" (p. 2).