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Chastity
- Author
- Erik Varden
- Narrator
- John Sackville
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 28 August 2025
- Run Time
- 4 hours 52 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
The word ‘chastity’, at first sight, may seem intimidating, something to be dismissed out of hand. It is, however, something very different to celibacy.
At a time when religion is in decline in the Western world and when it often seems that the senses have run riot, Erik Varden shows that chastity, the single minded direction of the senses, is a loveable quality and one that affects and beautifies humankind.
The terms sexuality and wholeness indicate that to be sexual is to exist in a state of incompleteness longing to be restored. Wholeness points to a healing embrace that we desire so greatly. In Biblical language, chastity is a function of simplicity of sight. We are no longer torn apart by our passions and our desires, indeed they may reach their fulfilment. Body and spirit, male and female, order and disorder, passion and death can move from creative tension to a new kind of wholeness.
Varden’s text is enriched by a wide range of references to scripture, literature, music, painting and sculpture.
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Details
- Author
- Erik Varden
- Narrator
- John Sackville
- Duration
- 4 hours 52 minutes
- Release Date
- 28 August 2025
- ISBN
- 9781399429481
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Genre
- Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Religion and beliefs
Synopsis
Bloomsbury presents Chastity: Reconciliation of the Senses by Erik Varden read by John Sackville The word ‘chastity’, at first sight, may seem intimidating, something to be dismissed out of hand. It is, however, something very different to celibacy.At a time when religion is in decline in the Western world and when it often seems that the senses have run riot, Erik Varden shows that chastity, the single minded direction of the senses, is a loveable quality and one that affects and beautifies humankind.The terms sexuality and wholeness indicate that to be sexual is to exist in a state of incompleteness longing to be restored. Wholeness points to a healing embrace that we desire so greatly. In Biblical language, chastity is a function of simplicity of sight. We are no longer torn apart by our passions and our desires, indeed they may reach their fulfilment. Body and spirit, male and female, order and disorder, passion and death can move from creative tension to a new kind of wholeness.Varden’s text is enriched by a wide range of references to scripture, literature, music, painting and sculpture.
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