Conjugal Love and Procreation: Dietrich von Hildebrand's Superabundant Integration Book

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction xi

Part I Conjugal Love and Marriage

1 Conjugal Love and Marriage 3

A Conjugal Love 3

B Natural Marriage 7

C The Transformation of Conjugal Love 9

D Transformation of Marriage 10

E Summary 15

2 The Depth of the Conjugal Act 23

A Consummation of Marriage 23

B Actualization of Conjugal Love 25

C Misuses of the Conjugal Act 28

D Summary 32

3 The Primary Meaning of Marriage 39

A Failure to Clarify the Meaning of Meaning 39

B What Is the Meaning of Meaning? 41

C Summary 46

Part II Procreation

4 Reverence and Superabundance 53

A The Principle of Superabundance 54

B Intentionality in Superabundant Finality 58

C Reverence 62

D The Primary End of Marriage 66

E The Enhanced Role of Procreation in Marriage 68

F Summary 70

5 The Rhythm Method 79

A Overpopulation 79

B The Rhythm Method 80

C The Good of Children 82

D Nature 86

E The Sacrifice of Periodic Abstinence 88

F Summary 90

6 Artificial Birth Control 97

A Conjugal Love and Artificial Birth Control 97

B Reverence and Artificial Birth Control 99

C Conscience and Artificial Birth Control 103

D Summary 105

Conclusion 111

A Conjugal Love, Marriage, and the Conjugal Act 111

B The Primary Meaning and End of Marriage 113

C The Rhythm Method and Artificial Birth Control 115

D Topics for Further Study 116

Bibliography 119

Index 123

About the Author 125