Heaven's Song: Sexual Love as It Was Meant to Be

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Author: Christopher West

ISBN-10: 1934217468

ISBN-13: 9781934217467

Category: Eschatology

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What is it about music? Consider what happens when you chance upon your favorite song on the radio. What emotions does it stir? What season of your life does it zoom you back to? Now, imagine if you could hear the greatest song ever written. To what heavenly places would it lift you?

Abbreviations x Acknowledgments xi Foreword Most Reverend Robert J. Carlson xiii Introduction 1 Prologue - The Journey of the Interior Life 17 Part I The Song of Songs Chapter 1 The Biblical Ode to Erotic Love 23 Chapter 2 Mutual Fascination with the Body 37 Chapter 3 "My Sister, My Bride" 53 Chapter 4 "A Garden Closed, A Fountain Sealed" 67 Chapter 5 The Language of Body as "Gift" 91 Chapter 6 Eros and Agape 109 Part II When the Language of the Body Becomes the Language of the Liturgy Chapter 7 Conjugal Life and Liturgical Life 125 Chapter 8 The Marriage of Tobias and Sarah 139 Chapter 9 The Spouses "Conjugal Creed" 157 Chapter 10 The Spousal Nature of the Liturgy 169 Epilogue - Where Do I Go From Here? 177 Index 181 About the Author 189