TY - BOOK AU - Hartwig,Michael J. TI - The poetics of intimacy and the problem of sexual abstinence SN - 0820448850 AV - BT 708 H259 2000 PY - 2000/// CY - New York, NY PB - Peter Lang KW - SEXUAL ABSTINENCE KW - RELIGIOUS ASPECTS KW - CHRISTIANITY KW - INTIMACY (PSYCHOLOGY) KW - CHRISTIAN ETHICS KW - SEXUAL ETHICS N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; ONE: IS TRADITIONAL SEXUAL MORALITY HARMFUL? -- * Problems with long-term and lifelong sexual abstinence -- *Role of sexuality in overall human well-being -- *Poetics of sexual intimacy -- *Physical intimacy/sexual intimacy -- *Implications for single adults -- *Implications for adolescent sexuality -- TWO: EXISTENTIAL INSECURITY AND ADDICTION TO SEXUAL RENUNCIATION -- *Western apprehension of sexuality -- *Existential insecurity -- *Existential insecurity and sexuality -- *Relationship with or rest in God? -- *Addiction to sexual renunciation -- *Ontological insecurity and sexual desire: new approaches -- THREE: CHASTITY IS NOT ENOUGH: THE POETICS OF INTIMACY AND SEXUAL VIRTUE -- *Act-centered and Virtue-centered ethics -- *Classical emphasis on the virtue of chastity -- *Early Christian models of sexual virtue -- *The poetic of intimacy: initial considerations -- *Inadequacy of chastity-based models of sexual virtue -- *Covenant mutuality and an amplified model of sexual virtue -- FOUR: IS THIS A "CHRISTIAN" SEXUAL MORALITY? -- * Christianity and philosophical dualism -- * Christo-and humanocentric -- * Body-affirming (Incarnational) -- *Justice-oriented -- *Love-centered -- *Fecund (fruitful) -- * In summary -- FIVE: POETIC MORALITY OF SINGLE ADULT SEXUALITY -- * Traditional moral approaches to single adult sexuality -- *Adulthood -- *Singlehood -- *Single adulthood-a definition -- *How to think about the morality of single adult sexuality -- *Toward a Christian moral approach to single adult sexuality -- *Moral wisdom and adult single sexuality -- * An objection -- *Deliberately chosen singleness -- *The poetics of intimacy in nonsexual adult relationships -- * In summary -- SIX: THE POETICS OF INTIMACY IN COMMITTED SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS -- * Changing forms of committed sexual relationships -- * Exclusivity and commitment -- *Union and autonomy -- * Different types of covenantal love -- * Conflict in covenantal intimate relationships -- *Social dimensions of committed sexual relationships -- *Balancing good poetically -- *Conditions within which poetic intimacy flourishes -- *The poetics of intimacy and parenting -- *Ending committed sexual relationships -- *The poetics of intimacy after the end of committed sexual relationships -- SEVEN: THE POETICS OF INTIMACY FOR GAY MEN AND LESBIANS -- *Changing perceptions -- *Cultural poetics -- *Historical perspectives -- *Modern insights -- *Reconsidering biblical teachings -- *Reconsidering natural law teaching -- *A unique ethnic for gay men and Lesbians? -- EIGHT: THE POETICS OF INTIMACY FOR PEOPLE WITH MENTAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES -- *Traditional attitudes and contemporary shifts -- *Definitions -- *The poetics of intimacy and developmental disabilities -- *The poetics of intimacy for people with mental illness -- Conclusions -- NINE: CONCLUSIONS: A GOSPEL (GOOD NEWS) SEXUAL ETHICS -- Bibliography -- Index ER -