Posted: August 24th, 2015

How would you help a friend who has left the Church because of the Church’s teaching on birth control and contraception?

How would you help a friend who has left the Church because of the Church’s teaching on birth control and contraception?

Please use UK English and ensure that sentences make sense when read. Please provide a relevant introduction and conclusion and please make sure every paragraph relates directly to the question being asked. Lastly, please include lots of facts about the Church’s teaching on birth control and contraception. Books that might help are:

Anthony TOWLEY: An introduction to Christian Theology, pp 386 to 399
Clare RICHARDS, Introducing Catholic Theology, pp 97 to 103
George REGAN, New trends in Moral Theology, ch 8
Gerard SLOYAN, Catholic Morality Revisited, 23rd publications, 1990, ch 1 and 5
Vincent McNamara, The Truth in Love, ch 5
John MAHONEY, The Making of Moral Theology, ch 7
Kevin T KELLY, New Directions in Moral Theology, ch 4-5
J DOMINIAN, Proposals for a New Sexual Ethic, DLT 1977; also Marriage, Faith and Love, DLT 1981. Sexual Integrity, DLT 1987.