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Dietrich von Hildebrand contributed to the Catholic tradition's increased recognition of conjugal love in marriage in the early twentieth century, and, as Kevin Schemenauer argues in Conjugal Love and Procreation, von Hildebrand's work remains relevant to contemporary Catholic thought as well. While some argue that this German Catholic philosopher and theologian neglected the role of procreation in marriage, this book shows that von Hildebrand's writings on reverence and superabundant finality contribute to a contemporary understanding of the significance of procreation within marriage. Schemenauer analyzes von Hildebrand's integration of conjugal love and procreation, showing him to be an insightful and parallel voice to the that of John Paul II. His thorough exploration of von Hildebrand's writings reveals not only how conjugal love and openness to new life are essential to marriage, but also how essential the role of procreation is to the conception of conjugal love.

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Conjugal Love and Procreation is a wonderful study of von Hildebrand's thought on conjugal love and how von Hildebrand relates it to procreation through the ideas of reverence and superabundance. This study of von Hildebrand has many strengths. Among them, Kevin Schemenauer's familiarity with primary sources and engagement with secondary material on von Hildebrand is excellent. Schemenauer's work clarifies the difference between von Hildebrand's categories of the primary meaning of marriage and the primary end of marriage, categories that most commentators find ambiguous at best.--Jason E. King

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Kevin Schemenauer is assistant professor of theology at Marian University.

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