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Humanae
Vitae:
A
Challenge to Love by Janet E. Smith, PhD |
| A Challenge to Love is a
relatively short explanation of Humanae Vitae and
why the Church’s teaching on contraception is
correct. The piece has been published with the encyclical
in a small pamphlet from New Hope Publications. This is
available in many Catholic bookstores. Dr. Smith is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Dallas in Irving, Texas. She is a well-known writer and speaker on Humanae Vitae and contraception. Her works include Humanae Vitae: A Generation Later, her full-length work published in 1991; Why Humanae Vitae Was Right, a book of essays (Smith editor); Contraception: Why Not?, an audiotape of one of Smith’s lectures on contraception; and many articles in Catholic and secular journals and newspapers. Smith regularly lectures on university campuses and in parishes around the United States and in foreign countries. A Challenge to Love is reprinted here with express permission from Dr. Smith. Lux Veritatis is proud to host this important work on one of the Church’s most criticized teachings. |
Table of Contents II. Dissent Greets Humanae Vitae III. Social Consequences of Contraception V. Deepen Understanding of Marriage and Sexuality VI. Church Statements on the Evil of Contraception VIII. The Negativity of Contraception IX. Spouses as Cocreators with God X. Contraception Violates the Unitive Meaning of Sexual Intercourse |
