What is Theology of the Body?

Theology of the Body is the title given to a series of 129 talks given by Pope John Paul II from 1979-1984 based on a text he wrote before his election as the Bishop of Rome. 

TOB is not a presentation of new truths of our faith. Instead, it organizes ancient truth into a portrait of our salvation history that describes vocational life lived according to that story. Although the teaching is not new, JPII provides new terms and a new structure for presenting the answers to the questions of why we were created and what is our purpose in life. 

TOB will help students realize that sacrificial love is the pathway to participation in the divine mystery. 

Theology of the Body:  The study of God and the purpose of our existence as discovered and revealed through our bodies.   

(This text is found on the TOB CLE website. Link below to learn more!)