Contents
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Preface: Humanae vitae, Fifty Years Later (1968–2018) (Most Rev. Charles J. Chaput, OFM Cap)
Introduction: Embracing God’s Vision for Marriage, Love, and Life (Theresa Notare, editor)
I: A World Afflicted
1. The Legacy of Humanae vitae (Donald T. Critchlow)
2. The Vindication of Humanae vitae, Continued (Mary Eberstadt)
3. Humanae vitae and the Technological Conquest of Humanity (Michael Hanby)
II: A Deeper Understanding of the Doctrinal Principles in Humanae vitae
4. Thomas Aquinas on Marriage, Fruitfulness, and Faithful Love (J. Budziszewski)
5. In Defense of Humanae vitae: Dietrich von Hildebrand on Human Generation as the “Superabundant End” of the Conjugal Act (Maria Fedoryka)
6. The New Natural Law Theory, Basic Goods, and Contraception (Patrick Lee)
7. Humanae vitae and The “Un-engendering” of Gender (Margaret Harper McCarthy)
III: Natural Family Planning
8. A Historical Review of the Catholic Scientists Who Answered the Call of Humanae vitae (Richard J. Fehring)
9. The Current State of Science in Natural Family Planning (Joseph B. Stanford)
10. Natural Family Planning and Ethical Women’s Health Care (Kathleen M. Raviele)
11. The State of Fertility Awareness Based Method Education for Medical Professionals (Marguerite R. Duane and Erin Adams)
IV: Health and Love: Examining Distortions Introduced by the Contraceptive Mentality from Medical, Psychological, and Legal Perspectives
12. Medical Consequences of Hormonal Contraception (William V. Williams)
13. Of Science and Surveillance: An Object Relations View of Affectively Based Side Effects in Hormonal Contraceptive Use (Suzanne Nortier Hollman)
14. Against Ideological Colonization: The Teaching of Humanae vitae and a Humanely Adequate Global Ethic (Teresa Stanton Collett)
15. Contraception: US Law and Messaging (Helen M. Alvaré)
V: Humanae vitae—Contemporary Challenges
16. New Challenges to Humanae vitae: Conscience and Discernment (Janet E. Smith)
17. Humanae vitae and the Cross of Infertility (Elizabeth R. Kirk)
18. God’s Plan, Married Love, and the Gift of Children (Christopher Kaczor)
VI: Signs of Growth and Healing
19. Signs of Hope and Healing in Theology: A Tale of Two Statements (John S. Grabowski)
20. Signs of Growth and Healing: Health Care and Science (Richard J. Fehring)
21. Signs of Hope: Diocesan Natural Family Planning Ministry in the United States (Theresa Notare)
Selected Bibliography
About the Authors