Hey, friends, welcome back to another episode of Theology and around my guest today is Dr. Christopher West, who serves as president of the Theology of the Body Institute near Philadelphia and as a professor of theological anthropology in its jointly sponsored master's program with Pontifex University.

Christopher is, as you might know, one of the world's most recognized teachers and in many ways,

translators of John Paul the Second's theology of the body?

We talked about that a little bit at the beginning of this episode.

He's also,

he's written many books.

One of my favorites is this one here,

which is our bodies tell God's story discovering the divine plan for love, sex, and gender. Okay. Yeah, this,

conversation is, yeah, I guess you'll just have to see. You also have to have to listen to it.

Can married Christian couples engage in non-procreative sex is sex always for procreation? What about people who are

past the age of childbearing years? What about a married couple that doesn't want to have kids or

doesn't want to have 17 kids? What does this mean for the? We explore a lot of those questions, especially towards the end of this episode.

But we talk a lot about theology of the body.

Why did God create us male and female?

So, yeah, this is a fun conversation.

Please welcome to the show for the first time.

The one and only, Dr. Christopher West.

Yeah. one and only Dr. Christopher West. Christopher, it's a joy to have you on the show.

I have been following your work for a long time now, so it's a delight to see you through

a screen at least.

Thank you, Preston.

It's a joy to be with you.

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