Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-167).
Contents
Introduction -- 1. Sex and the married Catholic : the shadow of St. Augustine -- 2. Birth control and the Catholic marriage : a historical perspective -- 3. The sacramental spouse : as metaphor for God -- 4. Romantic love : ought the faithful be consulted -- 5. Sex and religion in young marriages -- 6. Sex and the single Catholic : the decline of an ethic -- 7. The confidant relationship -- 8. Sexual abuse : the dimensions of the problem -- 9. Marital infidelity in the United States -- 10. Love after sixty.