The Gift of Self: MODERN CULTURE’S IMPACT ON LOVE

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The Gift of Self: Modern Culture's Impact on Love

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The Gift of Self: Modern Culture's Impact on Love

Anthony Esolen

Nov 18, 2022

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Address to the students and faculty at Christendom College on how the modern understanding of human love has destroyed all sense of mystery and wonder between the sexes. Audio published by Christendom Media, 2019

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