This revised and expanded edition of the bestselling Theology of the Body Explained (2003) has become a standard reference text in universities, seminaries, and private study. An invaluable companion to Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body, also published by Pauline Books & Media, this illuminating commentary by Christopher West unpacks the groundbreaking catechesis of Saint John Paul II as translated by Michael Waldstein. This edition incorporates material accessed from the John Paul II archives; insights from six undelivered and previously untranslated addresses by John Paul II on the Song of Songs, Tobit, and Ephesians; and a thoroughly revised and expanded prologue that draws upon new insights into the mind of John Paul II.

650 pages. Paperback.