Redeemed Vision: Theology of the Body as a New Way of Seeing

A paradox of Western culture is that current fascination with bodily fitness and beauty is putting the psychological health and serenity of a generation at risk. John Paul II’s Theology of the Body not only challenges the disintegrated anthropology of our times, it offers a different, redeemed way of seeing. Drawing on biblical and contemporary theological paradigms, this presentation will consider how ‘having eyes to see’ demands that Christians ‘look different’ and how that might impact on pedagogies in religious education and youth ministry contexts.