Love Among the Ruins
[Editor’s Note: Here is an interview with Mary Healy, author of Men and Women Are From Eden, which is my personal favorite primer on the Theology of the Body. If you are thinking about contributing to Love Among the Ruins but lack confidence in your TOB skills, then please read this very handy guide. You’ll be able to write a great post before you know it!]
Q: The title seems to allude to the popular relationship book from the United States entitled “Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus.” Is your book a Catholic version of that best seller? What inspired the title?
Healy: Yes, you caught the hint. The title is inspired by John Paul II’s insight — based on the words of Jesus himself in Matthew 19:4 — that the key to understanding who we are as men and women is found in the book of Genesis, in the story of Adam and Eve in the garden.
As John Paul II noted, the creation accounts in Genesis are “mythic,” not in the sense of being fictional, but in that they recount the events at the dawn of history using symbolic language so as to convey profound truths about God and the human condition.
Only by understanding those truths will we be able to fully appreciate our identity as men and women and fulfill our longings for authentic love.
Read the rest of the interview here.
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